> Few sensible C++ developers in 2002, let alone earlier, could or did use STL iterators, generics, or templates on a large scale
This may be far too much of a generalization. The team I worked in was making heavy use of templates by about 1999. Now it was true that no compiler implemented the full standard and you often needed workarounds. But many developers clearly saw the utility and made use of the fact.
This may be far too much of a generalization. The team I worked in was making heavy use of templates by about 1999. Now it was true that no compiler implemented the full standard and you often needed workarounds. But many developers clearly saw the utility and made use of the fact.