Re: [boost] Re: Directory Structure

From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-12-16 10:12:26

On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, John Maddock wrote:

> Some potential commercial users have indicated that they won't use
> boost if it relies on anything not installed by default, relying on a
> "wrapper compiler" is IMO a barrier to porting to new
> compilers/platforms not all of which use the more or less Unix
> standard syntax.

Let me restate the idea:

1) Such a wrapper compiler would only be necessary for boost developers --
i.e., those who wish to compile out of the CVS [development] tree.  As
such, I'm not sure that it would apply to commercial users.

2) It could certainly be written in python (it could be as simple as a few
lines of script), and therefore be fairly portable.

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