[Boost-users] TupleIt and zip_iterator

Was Anthony Williams TupleIt, mentioned in http://www.cpptalk.net/7-vt9657.html?postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90 and distributed in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/tupleit.zip) the precursor of the boost::zip_iterator? In contrast to the boost::zip_iterator an TupleIt iterator range can be sorted. What are the advantages of the zip_iterator, besides being in boost. andreas