From 5373549417301317680 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f78e5,27db7830723eef11 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: "Ney Andr� de Mello Zunino" Subject: Re: STL Date: 2000/06/25 Message-ID: <8j0i6o$crh$1@news.ias.unu.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 638458995 Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ References: <8it0ed$ggu$1@news.netvision.net.il> <39527357.AF68E477@sensor.com> <8iuv3f$qrm$1@panix2.panix.com> <3953a402.28858861@news.csrlink.net> X-Priority: 3 X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 961860149 mail2news:26332 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk Organization: United Nations University/Institute of Advanced Studies X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Jun 2000 20:44:08 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ "John Potter" wrote in message news:3953a402.28858861@news.csrlink.net... > > Word games. STL is produced by SGI and it has > hash_set/multiset/map/multimap. The C++ standard library does not. > > John I am sorry, but it would be more precise to say that SGI provides an implementation of the STL which is part of the C++ Standard Library. To say that the STL is produced by SGI is like transforming something which is basically a set of specifications into a proprietary thing (and also to ignore the existence of companies like Rogue Wave). You can create your own implementation of the STL, if you wish, provided you follow the specifications. Regards, Ney Andr� de Mello Zunino. "Take of the fruit, But guard the seed..." --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]