[boost] Re: Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-25 08:59:26

"Jason Earl" <Jason_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:a92cb275d8bab18d3c31671b1a52f8cd_at_hybd.net...
>
> On 25 May 2005, at 14:00, Hendrik Schober wrote:
>
>> Jason Earl <Jason_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> TBH, I think any self respecting C++ user should have experience in a
>>> cross platform
>>> environment. I'm surprised how many Windows-only programmers there are
>>> out there.

...

> However in the case of Boost, it's target audience is not your average 
> client / dumb computer user. It's aimed at professional C++ programmer. If 
> a C/C++ programmer is expected to understand things like memory management 
> / allocation concepts and policies, then they shouldn't have any problem 
> with using a shell. After all anyone with experience with Unix will 
> realise how of an advantage a shell is in terms of flexibility when it 
> comes to deploying stuff with scripts etc.

As an evidently non-"self respecting C++ user", I understand "things like 
memory management / allocation concepts and policies", while I find it a 
pain to have to remember arcane commands to do things that I can do with a 
click or a drag & drop. I cheerfully admit to keeping my Unix experience to 
a minimum. I have enough to do to keep up with the complexities of C++ and 
boost functionality, without learning the intricacies of yet another script 
language. As a matter of fact, one of the things I love about boost is how 
one can implement in C++ what used to require a .bat file to accomplish.

The point of all of this is that a "self respecting C++ user" should realize 
that not all users of the products of our labors share the same usage 
patterns as our selves.

Jeff Flinn