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I am not familiar with the history of this project, but why was Apache trying to re-create the C++ standard library at all? Given that in GNU/Linux systems, the

I am not familiar with the history of this project, but why was Apache trying to re-create the C++ standard library at all? Given that in GNU/Linux systems, the canonical implementation is the one provided by GCC (G++), and Microsoft provides their own implementations.

rfctr 13y ago
... not even mentioning STLport. http://www.stlport.org/news.html http://www.stlport.org/news.html Apache project looks like "me too" one.
klodolph 13y ago
1) There are more platforms than "GCC" and "Microsoft". Maybe your microwave oven runs code written in C++, who knows. 2) In 2005, some existing C++ standard libraries did not follow the standard very well.
- pjmlp 13y ago
  Not only that, there are many more C and C++ compilers out there than just clang, gcc and msvc.