std::max.</b></h4>
<p>I am aware of the problems with std::min and
std::max, and all the debate that has been going on (please consult
-<a href="http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=7996/cujcexp1904alexandr/alexandr.htm">Alexandrescu's paper</a> and the links therein). But I don't see the purpose of this
+<a href="#Alexandrescu">Alexandrescu's paper</a> and the links therein). But I don't see the purpose of this
library as fixing something that is part of the C++ standard. I humbly
think it's beyond the scope of this library. Rather, I am
following the way of the standard in simply providing one more function
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<h3>
Acknowledgements</h3>
-My students in CS903 (Polytechnic Univ., <a href="http://photon.poly.edu/~hbr/cs903/">http://photon.poly.edu/~hbr/cs903/</a>)
+
+<a name="Alexandrescu">
+<a href="http://www.drdobbs.com/generic-min-and-max-redivivus/184403774">Generic: Min and Max Redivivus, by Andrei Alexandrescu</a>
+Dr. Dobbs, April 2001
+
+<p>My students in CS903 (Polytechnic Univ., <a href="http://photon.poly.edu/~hbr/cs903/">http://photon.poly.edu/~hbr/cs903/</a>)
who had <tt>minmax_element</tt> as an assignment helped clarify the issues,
and also come up with the optimum number of comparisons for <tt>first_min_last_max_element</tt>.
The identification of the issue surrounding <tt>max_element</tt> is solely
<tt><a href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/nth_element.html">nth_element</a></tt>
.
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