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   Hi folks,   
      
   I have heard several times over the last decade or so that "we shouldn't   
   use STL for cross-platform development because it behaves differently on   
   different platforms." So, we should write our own code for containers,   
   algorithms, file I/O, etc.   
      
   However, I have never seen actual evidence that it does behave differently.   
   I'm also lazy, and don't want to re-invent the wheel :). So, can anyone   
   confirm/deny that there are legitimate reasons for me not to use STL for   
   cross-platform development?   
      
   There is definitely a "standard" on how it should behave. Seems like SGI   
   is maintaining that: http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/   
      
   But, there are definitely compiler-specific implementations. So, I guess   
   it is possible that one implementation could diverge from the standard.   
   Has anyone encountered a non-standard implementation?   
      
   Any comments are greatly appreciated.   
      
   Dave   
      
      
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