The boost.interprocess library presents the capability to keep data structures (std::list, std::vector, ...) in shared memory (i.e. a memory-mapped file)- "offs

The boost.interprocess library presents the capability to keep data structures (std::list, std::vector, ...) in shared memory (i.e. a memory-mapped file)- "offset pointers" are key to that. I can think of no other programming language that can pull this off, with such grace.