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http://www.stlport.com Is a cool stl implementation that i have found that is anywhere from 10-30% faster than the microsoft implementation of the STL. Also, here is a cool like i found that benchmarks the ms stl with some mfc stuff. http://www.marsjupiter.com/mambo/content/Resources/C-%99-C%2B%2B-Code-Optimisation/Benchmarking-the-standard-template-library-STL/0/