Re: [boost] Thoughts on Roman numbers

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-26 12:51:44

At 02:42 AM 10/25/02, Daryle Walker wrote:

 >As another poster on this subject has said, Roman numbers don't have
 >different math rules, they are just a different external representation
 >of natural numbers.  This suggests that the place for new code is in
 >the I/O system!  We'll use a special locale with custom facets.

Boost libraries shouldn't always be dead serious. There should be a place 
for fun libraries too.  They can be useful, too, and often make good 
teaching examples.

I hope those interested in Roman Numerals continue to work on the problem, 
and come up with a nice little library for Boost!

--Beman