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Marin David Condic wrote:
> If Charles is meant to emulate the STL, then it is just a "Me Too" effort.

Well, take it up with the author, then. I'm not commenting on whether
Charels is good, bad, or indifferent. I do know that the author has
claimed that its design is based on the C++ STL, so I'm explaining
what that means to people who might not be familiar with it.

In the STL, algorithms are applied to iterator ranges, not to
containers. Trust me, the number of C++ programmers who whine
about this probably exceeds the total number of Ada programmers.