Who says they have to duplicate it? Just write the original version clean, clearly, and concisely. Then run it through a mangler to rename variables to avoid co

Who says they have to duplicate it? Just write the original version clean, clearly, and concisely. Then run it through a mangler to rename variables to avoid collisions. The STL is maintained by volunteers, it's a FOSS project. So your appeal to Serious Business doesn't hold.