Re: [boost] Why use Boost?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-05 19:09:34

Beth Jacobson <bethj_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> Paul Giaccone <paulg_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>>> A better system would be (in addition to what is already there, rather 
>>> than as a replacement for it) to provide this inverse function in the 
>>> docs, so, in addition to the alphabetical list at 
>>> http://boost.org/libs/libraries.htm (which is foo()) there is a list 
>>> corresponding to bar(), but with a little more detail.  
>> 
>> That's what http://www.boost.org/libs/libraries.htm#Category is all
>> about.
>> 
>
> I would keep that, but also have a page that categorizes the libraries 
> according to their appropriateness for different types of users, e.g. 
> "C++ Tweaks" for people who don't really need anything special, but just 
> want to make programming a little easier (this would include things like 
> smart pointers, boost arrays, static asserts, etc), "General Use 
> Libraries" for people who want better written, wider featured, or cross 
> platform versions of commonly used libraries like date-time, threading, 
> etc., "Specialized Libraries" like BGL, uBLAS, maybe the Python 
> interface, etc., "Bleeding Edge Programming," for folks whose main 
> interest in Boost is in gaining experience with the most up-to-date 
> techniques such as the meta-programming stuff.

OK, care to draw up a page?  If it's good maybe we'll include it with
1.34.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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