Re: FYI: nth_element

[Jaroslav Hajek]

2009/10/17 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>:
> 2009/10/15 Jaroslav Hajek <address@hidden>:
>>     nth_element encapsulates the C++ STL algorithms nth_element and
>>     partial_sort.
>
> Silly and pointless nitpickery: would you please refer to it as  the
> C++ standard library instead of STL? Although nth_element and
> partial_sort are indeed in the STL that SGI contribute to the C++
> stdlib and the GNU implementation is based on SGI's contributions, the
> term "STL", 11 years after being standardised and very well
> implemented, still carries connotations of "strange, bloated, foreign,
> and nonstandard part of C++".
>

Sorry, I was not aware of the distinction. For me, STL was simply the
containers+algorithms part of C++ standard library.

> For marketing purposes, I think it's better to say that these are
> Octave functions that are wrapping standard C++ functions. That's all.
> ;-)
>

Marketing? I hope not :)


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