GCC 4.6.0 released

That's what I just said.

> What about std::iostream?

from a footnote in "Thinking in C++" by Eckel:

> Jerry Schwarz, the author of iostreams, has remarked to both of us on
> separate occasions that if he had it to do over again, he would probably
> remove MI from the design of iostreams and use multiple stream buffers and
> conversion operators instead

> I guess I'll "never" be an "expert"

Try reading Effective C++, More Effective C++, and anything by Alexandrescu. Or you can go renegade and read the C++ FQA. No matter whether you agree with Yossi, you will learn a lot.