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Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk> writes:

> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:32:00 -0700, Michael S wrote:
>
>> On Aug 22, 12:09 am, Brian Drummond <br...@shapes.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Heh, the book I learned C++ from didn't even mention STL, (or
>>> namespaces for that matter) and regarded templates as a bit unstable.
>>> When did STL appear? (And yes, I have newer books now...)
>>>
>>>
>> Interview with Alex Stepanov.
>> http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/drdobbs-interview.html
>
> So, not long after Ada-95. 
> Interesting article - he even speculates that STL could be implemented
> in Ada. I suppose Ada.Containers goes some way towards that.

Yes; the STL inspired the overall design of Ada.Containers.