Re: [boost] Benefit/Complexity ratio in libraries [was MPL containers and algorithms]

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-19 14:33:36

From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
>
> There are cases where having two ways of doing something makes no
> sense.  But we shouldn't reject it out-of-hand.  I hope the acceptance of
> MPL by Boost won't discourage others from submitting a more minimalist
> library.

How many alternative libraries have been submitted for a topic that is
already covered by a Boost library?

This is a roundabout way to say that it _will_ discourage others. I say
nothing about this being good or bad, and nothing about MPL in particular.
It's just that "competition" within Boost is virtually nonexistant.