> Not using the STL is really, really bad advice for most. Not really, the STL is an accumulation of mediocre design decisions (mostly because it needs to be "

> Not using the STL is really, really bad advice for most. Not really, the STL is an accumulation of mediocre design decisions (mostly because it needs to be "everything to everybody"), which can't be fixed because of backward compatibility requirements. In many situations it's actually better to write your own specialized helper classes.