Re: disadvantages of using STL

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James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>

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Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:01:02 -0700 (PDT)

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On Mar 23, 4:52 pm, Noah Roberts <n...@nowhere.com> wrote:

Tony wrote:

"Noah Roberts" <n...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Pallav singh wrote:

Q What are the disadvantages of using STL ?

Efficiency.

He said DISadvantages.

Oh.

One man's advantage is another man's disadvantage. If you're
trying to hang on to a job, the fact that not using the STL
reduces efficiency, so that it takes you a year to finish the
job, rather than six months, could be considered an advantage
(provided you're sure that the employer doesn't realize that
you're artificially creating extra work, and fire you for it).
And if you're selling hardware, the fact that the software runs
slower, and that the customer needs two machines instead of one,
is also an advantage.

In this sense, the biggest disadvantage of the STL is that
everyone understands it, at least the basics. So it's harder to
write code that no one but you understands, so as to lock
yourself into a job.

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