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Article #3700Re: Conforming compilers should compile STL?
From: David Byrden
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 16:09
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 16:09
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>> This I can understand. But isn't the standard going to include an
>> implementation of the STL?
Why should it? The whole point of programming languages is that you can
specify an interface which can be met by many possible implementations.
>> It seems to me that only specifing the interface can lead to unexpected
>> problems.
Such as?
>> One more question. If the STL is part of the proposed standard, won't
>> compiler vendors HAVE to supply some implemenation of it?
Of course.
David
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