Iterators are generic means of addressing a particular element or a range of sequential elements in a sequence. They are also a mechanism that makes it possible to decouple `algorithms`__ from concrete compile-time `sequence implementations`__. Under the hood, all MPL sequence algorithms are implemented in terms of iterators. In particular, that means that they will work on any custom compile-time sequence, given that the appropriate iterator inteface is provided. __ `Algorithms`_ __ `label-Sequences-Classes`_ .. Analogy with STL iterators? .. More?