From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@...>
Date: 2006-06-07T00:26:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Equivalent of collections in Java

On 6/5/06, Juergen Strobel <strobel@secure.at> wrote:
>
> As far as I remember, the STL (Standard Template Library) is part of
> the C++ standard libraries. And it is the most complete and powerful
> collection library I've ever seen, abstracting more than mere
> collections. It also has an external iterator interface, I/O adaptors,
> abstracts algorithmns, and can be used in a functional programming
> style. Thanks to heavy use of templates and preprocessor magic, it
> will blow up your binary a lot. And just for reading the docs, I
> recommend a CS or math degree.
>
> For most problems, it is like catching a fly with a nuke, and I like
> ruby because it is the exact opposite: easy stuff just works, and
> complex problems are solveable.

Thanks J�rgen, I think you've nicely summarized what I was trying to
say in this whole thread but had a hard time expressing :)

Regards,
Ryan