[boost] Re: Thoughts on Roman numbers

From: Dirk Gerrits (dirk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-26 17:55:23

Beman Dawes wrote:

> 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.

For an example of the use of Roman numerals as a teaching example, one 
might want to check out this Python unit testing tutorial: 
http://diveintopython.org/roman_divein.html
I though it was pretty good. :)

Regards,
Dirk Gerrits