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

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-01-19 19:06:29

At 06:33 PM 1/19/2001 -0500, Jeffrey D. Paquette wrote:

 >Beman Dawes wrote:
 >
 >> FYI,
 >>
 >> I've blocked posts until I get confirmation from MS that he is who he
 >says he is.
 >>
 >> In any case, if you do reply to him, please do so privately.
 >>
 >> --Beman
 >>
 >>  >David Wolfram
 >>  >Program Manager, Visual C++ Compiler Team
 >
 >Why? And why not answer his questions? If this were usenet, I'd worry 
about
 >a troll, but I think it's unnecessary to worry about it.

You are probably right, but I had some private email indicating concern and 
decided to be conservative.  And if the query is legitimate, I would hope 
people will respond.  But privately; anyone who reads this list already 
knows of the library compatibility problems caused by VC++'s lack of 
partial specialization.

--Beman