Re: [boost] Re: Sockets - what's the latest?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-13 19:35:52

Boris Schäling <boris_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> [...]
>> How about borrowing ideas from ACE, but implementing them in
>> modern C++?  Or has that been discussed already?  Or is the ACE
>> framework too obsolete-C++ to be a useful design?
>
> We probably should at least consider ACE ideas. But I guess this would
> require several of us to dig into ACE which would delay further a Boost
> socket library. However ACE could be a valuable investment?

>From what I've heard, the ACE architecture is highly interdependent,
with everything depending on everything else.  There /might/ be
something to be gained by looking at its interface, but I would
approach it with caution.

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