Alexander Stepanov notes on programming online

[Bill Baxter]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Maybe this is widespread knowledge but Alexander Stepanov (creator of 
> the STL) has some lecture notes online about his take on programming and 
> such, including of course a healthy dose of the thinking that went into 
> creating the STL.
> 
> http://www.stepanovpapers.com/notes.pdf
> 
> Was mentioned on another list I'm on.  They look interesting at first 
> glance, but I haven't had a chance to look too closely.  Might be 
> especially interesting reading for those currently designing standard 
> libraries. ;-)

Er, just to make sure that's not taken the wrong way -- by ";-)" I do 
*not* mean to suggest that the folks writing Tango are in need of any 
design advice.  I just meant that despite referring vaguely to "people 
working on standard libraries", I really meant specifically Tango folks, 
since everybody knows there's really only one big standard library 
project going on at the moment, and it is Tango.  It was a lame attempt 
at humor, at best.  Hope nobody took it the wrong way.

--bb