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From: Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org (Colin Paul Gloster)
Subject: Re: status of Ada STL?
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In article news:bebbba07.0206151051.1c25cf1e@posting.google.com , Russ
wrote:

"[..]
  
  [..] More recently, a top expert (a gcc maintainer) is claiming that
  the STL overcomes many of the objections to C++. If Ada doesn't soon
  have something comparable to STL that is reasonably stable and at
  least on track for standardization, it could be in trouble.

[..]"

Unless there were major additions to gcc 3, much the same can be said of
GNU C++ which your colleague should be aware of. While GNU C++ has (or at
least fairly recently had) a reputation for good conformance to C++
templates, it has (or had) a reputation for one of the least implemented
STL implementations available. (Note there is a difference between the
language mechanism and the offical standard library which heavily depends
on said mechanism.)

So saying that one should use GNU C++ instead of Ada because the C++ STL
is needed would demand that something other than the GNU STL effort be
used.