[vox-tech] libstdc++ and sgi and hp?

[Hai Yi]

they are insightful interviews, interesting to read. Thanks!

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Jeff
Newmiller<jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> Hai Yi wrote:
>> I've been reading some general stuff about C++, it appears to me that
>> in unix/linux, libstdc++ is a c++ implementation from gnu, but there
>> are the sgi and hp's copyright info in the header files like
>> /usr/include/c++/4.3/vector . I used to use sgi's stl website as
>> reference (http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/ ), which gave me an impression
>> that this company used to be a big contributor to C++ (or STL? )
>> standardization; however, from wiki, it appears HP is the one behind
>> the STL effort.
>>
>> Anyone can have a brief history lesson about libstdc++, sgl and hp's
>> relations in regard to STL?
>
> Alexander Stepanov might [1][2] have something to say about the latter
> two, but I don't think he reads this mailing list.
>
> [1] http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/drdobbs-interview.html
> [2] http://www.stlport.org/resources/StepanovUSA.html
>
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