X-Original-Date: 21 Dec 1995 17:56:30 GMT

I've recently started a mailing list devoted to STL and generic programming
in general.  Here's the greeting/charter:

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Welcome to the STL and Generic Programming mailing list.  To post to the
list, send email to

  genstl@atext.com

To ask to be added or removed from the list, send email to

  genstl-request@atext.com

with the word "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" in the Subject line.

This mailing list is devoted to STL (the C++ Standard Template Library)
and the style of generic programming it exemplifies.  Appropriate topics
for discussion include the following:

- The effective use of STL.
- The design of STL.
- Possible extensions to STL.
- STL programming questions.
- Language-related issues, e.g., language extensions to C++ or other languages
  that would make generic programming easier.
- Traps and pitfalls in using STL.
- Design principles, strategies, and techniques for producing libraries of
  generic software components.
- Specifying and reasoning about generic algorithms (e.g.,
  required properties of iterators).
- Application areas to target for the development of their own libraries
  of generic software components.
- Announcements of papers and other publications.

The following are NOT appropriate for this list:

- Flames
- Questions that can be answered by reading Marian Corcoran's STL FAQ,
  which is posted regularly to comp.lang.c++ and can also be obtained
  at ftp://butler.hpl.hp.com/stl/stl.faq.

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Kevin S. Van Horn     | It is the means that determine the ends.
vanhorn@architext.com |





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