[boost] Re: Re: Re: FORMAL review process not working well?

From: Andreas Huber (ahd6974-spamgroupstrap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-03 02:52:51

Victor A. Wagner Jr. wrote:
>>> True, OTOH it is much easier to find a design flaw than to generate
>>> a good, solid design.
>>
>> Agreed.
>
> if it's so much easier to find flaws, how come so many thing are
> released w/ so many flaws?

I don't know, but I guess one factor is that it is much easier to 
identify a design flaw than to actually fix it. Also, there doesn't seem 
to be a consensus on what qualifies as a design flaw and what not. For 
example, despite the success of the STL a lot of people still seem to be 
happy with libraries that offer only runtime type safety (and require 
lots of casting), even if it is clear that an approach offering 
compile-time type safety is feasible.

Regards,

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Andreas Huber
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