In article <Cx7sJ6.4B3H@hawnews.watson.ibm.com>, jjb@watson.ibm.com (John Barton) writes:
> Maybe this is nit-picking, but wouldn't it be clearer
> if the name were Standard Collections Templates?
> (Might cut down on the Whats is it? questions too ;-)  ).

I quess the STL as name was generates under one minute :)
The general rule of software engineering seems to be that
80% of acronyms would have better name relating to the
material they represents, when the material is finished.
And I quess 50% of the acronys are not needed at all :)

I take the acronnyms a fast way to hash a new identifiable
name to to the new software module.

The acronyms may not to be taken serioisly :) (it's finded,
if no before, when  reading ISO etc. standards :)

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Maybe this is nit-picking, but wouldn't it be clearer
if the name were Standard Collections Templates?
(Might cut down on the Whats is it? questions too ;-)  ).

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