From: dave@boostpro.com   
      
   on Wed Feb 29 2012, Daniel Krügler  wrote:   
      
   > Am 25.02.2012 22:52, schrieb P. Areias:   
   >>> If you are stuck in a place where they still don't believe in templates   
   and the STL, 100 years of experience won't do any good.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Note that you are mixing, in one argument, the template   
   >> parametrization mechanism with one of its applications (the Standard   
   >> Library containers - or STL).   
   >   
   > This is quite misleading. Even though STL is no official term of the   
   > standard it is typically be translated as "Standard Template Library",   
   > not "Standard Library Containers".   
      
   Sadly, that is the reality of perception in many places.  I've taught   
   classes in companies where the staff "knew the STL" but had never heard   
   of std::transform... and algorithms really are the heart of the STL.   
      
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