Re: [boost] Review results mimmax

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-03 19:59:03

Jeremy Siek <jsiek_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Thomas Witt wrote:
> witt> General sequence_algo issues
> witt> ---------------------------------------
> witt>
> witt> The following issue relates not only to minmax but to all sequence algorithms.
> witt>
> witt> Given the pain one has to go through when renaming files/directories
> witt> in CVS, I would like to ask the question whether the directory
> witt> should really be sequence_algo. I cannot recall how this name was
> witt> intially created, but the small benefit created by abbreviating
> witt> algorithm (13/18 letters) makes me feel unsure about the name.
> witt>
> witt> Comments?
> 
> I'm to blaim for the name sequence_algo. I don't remember why I
> abbreviated "algorithm". My only excuse is that the C++ std uses that
> abbreviation too ;)

Where? Aren't you thinking of the old HP STL source?

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