[boost] Re: MT (Was: CGI scripting (Was: Libraries requested or under construction))

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-07-28 00:36:34

From: Valentin Bonnard <Bonnard.V_at_[hidden]>
> Paul Baxter wrote:
> 
> > Take a look at ACE for a well-designed threading/network solution.
> > 
> > http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE-overview.html
> > 
> > The full library has all sorts of bells and whistles, but you can use
> > subsets for those sections your app requires.
> > (just low level frameworks for threads maybe)
> 
> As you say, it's somewhat big and complicated.
> 
> Also it seems to use some old-style interfaces, 
> like int instead of bool. It provides many things 
> unrelated with MT & distribution.

Still, it seems to have everything we need.