Re: [boost] Why use Boost?

From: Paul Giaccone (paulg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-03 07:04:08

Orjan Westin wrote:

>Paul Giaccone wrote:
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>Some comments from a boost newbie/C++ old hand here.
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>>Contrary to what some have said, Boost *does* need to be sold.
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>Well, that statement can mean a lot of things, but I believe you mean that
>it is not, as currently presented, attractive to new-comers.
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>I hope you don't mean that it needs to be sold in an evangeligal manner. :-)
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No, no; that wouldn't help anyone.  Just in a way, like you suggested in 
the rest of your email, that makes the C++ programmer eagerly install it 
and then wonder where it has been all their life :)