RE: [boost] Re: FC++ formal review

From: Rozental, Gennadiy (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-01 14:55:56

> out.  I think the sheer difficulty of generic/template/ 
> meta-programming should cause us to welcome thorough examples 
> of working libraries, because at the least, they show us what 
> can and can't be done, and serve as a model full of lessons 
> that can be re-used in other contexts.  

Let's not mix apples and oranges. C++ type system present natural
environment for FP techniques, and we bound to use them. While submitted
library promote FP in runtime environment. And I found it difficult to
justify to myself need for that without clear examples and tests.

> Even just discussing 
> the library helps formalize idioms and practices that maybe 
> some people find obvious, but are not gathered together into 
> any definitive document.

These idioms already formalized pretty good in FP dedicated literature.

Gennadiy.