Re: Alpha release!

[Kultarr <kultarr@rocketmail.com>]

---Kasper Peeters <t16@nikhef.nl> wrote:
> 
> > I personally feel that STL is not necessary.  We should be able to
> > short list the containers we need ( vector, map, pair, string ) and
> > implement them ourselves.  If portability is an issue, we can keep
> > the interface of STL.
> 
> I would turn that around. Let's start with STL, and if we _really_
> need a better performance or less memory waste, rewrite some parts.
> STL is finished now; our containers would still have to be written
and
> debugged. Having a working browser is more important than full
> optimisation at the moment.

Excellent point.

Additionally, a working browser can be used to determine exactly which
areas DO need to be worked on for speed-up, etc. versus those areas 
that are "OK enough" because their not used much.  Amdahl's Law in 
action...

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Kultarr

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