Re: [boost] Is boost elitist?

From: John Max Skaller (skaller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-20 04:41:15

Rainer Deyke wrote:

> >  It's not the
> > language or the library that is complex, it's the problem they try to
> > solve.
> 
> I'll have to disagree here.  The C++ language is extremely complex, and the
> complexity of Boost is a direct result of that.  Other languages (I'm
> thinking specifically of Python here) manage to be about as powerful and
> flexible as C++ while being a lot less complex.  

> The big advantage of C++
> over these other languages is that with current compiler technology, C++ is
> a lot faster.

        Try Ocaml. 

        http://caml.inria.fr

        Warning: dangerously addictive. Genuine high level
language.
        
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