You are trying too hard to make a point that people don't agree with. You don't need STL/Boost to be a productive c++ programmer. That's fine, no arguments th

You are trying too hard to make a point that people don't agree with. You don't need STL/Boost to be a productive c++ programmer. That's fine, no arguments there. But you don't have to avoid STL/Boost in order to be a productive/efficient c++ programmer either. Get over it.