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KnifeMissile · 11-18-2005, 12:34 PM

Thanks to the STL, I can't include the name "vector" in my variables without someone being confused about whether I mean a mathematical vector or an STL vector container.

Now, I would be content to have small difficulties in life come about due to the complexities of life but this is not such a case! Whoever came up with these STL names had no clue what a "vector" is but thought the name was cool and used it... Without realizing that, perhaps, a lot of people would like to code vectors using C++.

So, who came up with this container name? Has anyone else experienced the same frustration over this or a similar situation?

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KnifeMissile Location: Waterloo, Ontario	Whose ideas was it to call std::vector a vector! Thanks to the STL, I can't include the name "vector" in my variables without someone being confused about whether I mean a mathematical vector or an STL vector container. Now, I would be content to have small difficulties in life come about due to the complexities of life but this is not such a case! Whoever came up with these STL names had no clue what a "vector" is but thought the name was cool and used it... Without realizing that, perhaps, a lot of people would like to code vectors using C++. So, who came up with this container name? Has anyone else experienced the same frustration over this or a similar situation?