Re: [Boost-users] unix tools

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] unix tools
From: Andreas Schäfer (gentryx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-12 08:32:06

On 14:18 Tue 12 Feb     , gast128 wrote:
> Like I said most work is already in the libraries themselves, it is now 
> a matter of glueing the parts together. 

Ever watched Top Gear? "How hard can it be" is just a prefix to
failing gloriously. You underestimate the complexity of these
seemingly simple utilities.

> If used correctly, c++ can much easier to read just because of the
> automatic management. At least it makes porting them to other (non
> unix, non cygwin) platforms more easily.

I wonder which platform there is that was neither Windows nor Unix. 

All those things aside, Artyom (see his mail) has a point: there are
already ports of the GNU tools for Windows. Rewriting code just for
the sake of basing it on Boost isn't enough of a justification IMHO.

Best
-Andreas

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