[Tex/LaTex] subfigure and subfig packages deprecated

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I was using the subfigure package to align multiple small images in a document. However, WikiBooks states that "the subfigure and subfig packages are deprecated and shouldn't be used any more" (WikiBooks Floats, Figures and Captions).

What is the alternative/proper option to achieve the same result?

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There are at least four classes that aren't compatible with caption (hence with subcaption), whereas subfig is a substitute when called as

\usepackage[caption=false]{subfig}

The ws-proc9x6 class (and related ones by the same publisher), see how to get the ws-procs9x6 document class to work with subcaption package?
tufte-book and the other similar classes, see Problem with tufte-book and subfigure
IEEEtran, see 2-col floats and citation order problem
REVTeX, see subfigures with revtex?

It's true that subfig doesn't cooperate well with hyperref, but when the alternative is no subfloats at all …

Related subfloat discussion is also given in subcaption vs. subfig: Best package for referencing a subfigure

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\usepackage[caption=false]{subfig}

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\documentclass[10pt,twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
\begin{abstract}
\end{abstract}
%\ioptwocol
%\blindtext[0]
\begin{figure}[h!]
\centering
        \begin{subfigure}[t!]{\columnwidth}% use \columnwidth instead of \textwidth
                \includegraphics[keepaspectratio=true, height=0.6\columnwidth,width=0.9\columnwidth,angle=0]{a.eps}
                \caption{}
                \label{}
        \end{subfigure}
         \begin{subfigure}[t!]{\columnwidth}
                \includegraphics[keepaspectratio=true, height=0.6\columnwidth,width=0.9\columnwidth,angle=0]{a.eps}
                \caption{}
                \label{}
        \end{subfigure}
\caption{Here is the caption.Here is the caption.Here is the caption.Here is the caption.Here is the caption.Here is the caption.Here is the caption.Here is the caption.Here is the caption.}
\label{fig:CT}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

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