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

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-20 06:47:48

From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
>
> But most Boost libraries are custom designed, one-off, efforts. My feeling
> has always been that if we asked two developers to produce libraries with
> the understanding that one would be thrown away, we wouldn't interest
> quality developers.

Quality developers tend to produce libraries for their own use anyway
(without being asked explicitly), especially when the available solutions
don't appeal to them. They are often underdocumented, of course. :-)