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There are countless articles and blogs discussing C++'s most vexing parse, but I can't seem to find any with a more substantial reference than "the C++ literature."

Where did this term come from?

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Scott Meyers book Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library of 2001 might be first published use.

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  • Earliest reference I can find in Google is http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6330927813/m/5650981735 which is discussing Meyers' book - so I think this is the answer. I'm kind of surprised there's not some mention of it online by Meyers himself in a newsgroup posting or magazine/journal/web article. At least I couldn't find one. – Michael Burr Oct 23 '09 at 00:37