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by swagonomixxx 1335 days ago
But std::vector has been around since C++98 (and in the STL even before then). What's changed?
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A lot. Reading Scott Meyer’s Effective Modern C++ makes me realize how different things are. Just providing a type doesn’t do it… it’s the whole ecosystem around it.
it was such a PITA to use in 1998 ...