Re: [boost] Survey of Libraries and Visual C++

From: Sandra Carney (scarney_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-01-19 17:04:11

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> Hi,
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> I am a Program Manager on the Visual C++ Team.  We are interested in 
> your experiences of using third-party C++ libraries and library 
> collections. More specifically,
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> 1. Which third-party libraries do you use?
     1. Rogue-Wave
     2. STL
     3. Playing with some of the Boost stuff
     4. TeleUSE
     5. Qhull
     
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> 2. If you cannot use Visual C++ with these libraries, what are the 
> causes of this?  For example, does the library require partial 
> template specialization support? Do other issues also prevent you 
> from using the library with Visual C++?
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> 3. If you are a library developer, what workarounds or design 
> constraints were required for compatibility with Visual C++? What 
> were the most significant ones? Did the workarounds or constraints 
> have performance impacts?
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For 3. and 4., I work in a Unix environment.  Another developer
in our group is experimenting with Visual C++.

> 4. Are you mainly a "consumer" or "producer" of  library templates?
     Both.  Use STL but am also developing a heavily modified version
     of the CppUnit testing framework in which I have extended the
     templatization already there and am using it in other ways.
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> I hope to hear from you, and shall summarize the replies if they are
> numerous.
> 
> David Wolfram
> Program Manager, Visual C++ Compiler Team
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