In article <remove.haberg-0211002205370001@du141-226.ppp.su-
anst.tninet.se>, Hans Aberg <remove.haberg@matematik.su.se> writes
>One C++ success-story I think is STL: It was not a work of a committee,
>but of one person or a few.

Almost every aspect of C++ is the work of individuals or small groups.
At one time there were as many as ten sub-groups working on different
things.

Actually STL as you use it today was the work of a substantial sub-
committee (called the Library Working Group) refining the original
scheme to fit the requirements of the Standard.

I think you would find the way that The C++ Standards Committees (WG21 &
J16) are very different from your image of them and much closer to your
'ideal'.


Francis Glassborow      Association of C & C++ Users
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All opinions are mine and do not represent those of any organisation

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