Re: [boost] Smart pointer status, directions, thoughts

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-30 11:43:46

From: John Max Skaller <skaller_at_[hidden]>
> Greg Colvin wrote:
> 
> > Yes, that is just the sort of problem that requires garbage
> > collection.  For better or worse, it is the rare programmer
> > who sets out to write a language.
> 
> Actually, most systems DO require programming a 'language'.
> For example, many applications process configuration files, 
> command line options, and input data. :-)

Like XML, RDF, HTML, SQL ...

And, for worse, many programmers do not approach this
as a language design task, but just hack up something
with scanf.  I'm hoping tools like Spirit and Felix can
help.