[boost] Re: Pure Abstraction Layer

From: David B. Held (dheld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-08 15:58:01

"Eric Woodruff" <Eric.Woodruff_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:068001c23eff$adc97980$1800000a_at_soy...
> [...]
> Somewhere the line has to be drawn in the sand and a layer has to be
> created that is completely platform agnostic. From that point on, all the
> layers above it will be so implicitly. Everyone will agree that this is
best
> done at boosts level because it has the operating system accessibility
> to be efficient.
>
> boost is a ubiquitous, dependable framework -- as such it inherits ethical
> responsibility.

If you want machine independence at the expense of performance, try
Java. ;)

Dave