Re: [boost] [library submission] smoothsort

Subject: Re: [boost] [library submission] smoothsort
From: Marshall Clow (marshall_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-16 10:40:12

>David Abrahams wrote:
>>on Sun Dec 14 2008, Christopher Jefferson <chris-AT-bubblescope.net> wrote:
>>>I have often been surprised at the lack of an algorithms library 
>>>in boost. There has
>>>often been times I've wished for a guarded or  unguarded insertion 
>>>sort, or riffle
>>>shuffle. Is his lack just down to  no-one stepping forward to help 
>>>write and maintain
>>>such a library of  algorithms?
>>
>>Seems like it
>
>I seem to recall that at BoostCon this year, there was a push to 
>extend the algorithm support in Boost as part of the Library in a 
>Week program.  Did anything significant come of that?

There's some stuff in the sandbox (some of which I wrote), but as far 
as I know, none has come up for review. I'm hoping to get off my duff 
and write some docs and get some of it reviewed before this year's 
BoostCon.
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