Re: Survey of Libraries and Visual C++

From: dwolfram_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-01-19 17:13:53

Hi Sandra, 

Thanks for your reply. I'd also be very interested in hearing from 
the other developer who is using Visual C++.

Best regards,

David W.

--- In boost_at_[hidden], Sandra Carney <scarney_at_e...> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 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,
> > 
> > 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
>      
> > 
> > 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++?
> > 
> > 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?
> > 
> 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.
> > 
> > I hope to hear from you, and shall summarize the replies if they 
are
> > numerous.
> > 
> > David Wolfram
> > Program Manager, Visual C++ Compiler Team
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >