RE: [boost] Review: lambda library

From: Jason Shirk (jasonsh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-24 16:26:59

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Kempf [mailto:williamkempf_at_[hidden]]
> >
> >I doubt they're quite as close to release as you make out. They only
> >just released 7.0 and people are not likely to adopt a near-complete
> >rewrite like 7.1 on short notice.
> 
> I'm not totally sure this is true.  MS used to release a new VC++
every
> quarter (granted, changes to the compiler were usually fairly minimal,
but
> they *did* make compiler changes) and I think most of the VC++ users
would
> *love* to see MS go back to this sort of release strategy.  Hint,
hint,
> Jason ;).
> 

I wasn't working for MS during the subscription era, but nobody here has
anything good to say about it and I can certainly see why.  In some
ways, we have that model internally.  It is less than ideal.

> Further, VS.Net is such a new technology that I'm unsure that many
"pure
> C++" developers are switching that fast.  It's quite possible that a
very
> large portion of VC++ user base could skip 7.0 entirely and move
directly
> to
> 7.1 if it were released quickly.
> 

Entirely possible, we'll just have to wait and see.

Jason Shirk
VC++ Compiler Team