[Arnsaste]

I agree, the compile times are my mine problem with C++ right now, and they are not getting better.

If you listen to the C++ advocates, they all say use the STL as much as possible, use boost if there is solution for your problem there, etc.. It's true, you probably will quickly get a solution that works and looks pretty, but if you do this a hundred or a thousand times your code suddenly needs several hours to compile.

I am not against the STL, or boost, but there is a cost associated with using them that is often ignored, but IMHO is actually a productivity killer in codebases that are a bit bigger.