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0 pointspjmlp8y ago0 comments

Alexander Stepanov gave STL to ANSI C++ working group, after implementing it originally in Ada 83.

What HP and SGI did was to provide the first C++ working implementations of it, outside the ANSI C++ working group work.

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lucidguppy8y ago· 1 in thread

It would be nice if the STL would be a common denominator across a few languages.

pjmlpOP8y ago

When Java came out there were a few commercial offerings that were kind of "STL for Java", but with 1.2 Java got its own Collections API and the interest faded away.

AnimalMuppet8y ago

But, if I understand correctly, what HP and SGI did was basically to let Stepanov work on STL while he worked for them, and give some semi-official sanction for the STL releases. They didn't see the STL, decide that they needed to work on it, and set up an independent team to do so.

And, if I understand correctly, Stroustrup saw the STL and said (paraphrased) "Yeah, that's going in."

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