Re: [boost] Boost libraries after C++0x acceptance

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-10 17:43:21

Arkadiy Vertleyb wrote:
> "Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> wrote
> 
>> At the end of the story, it may be that the committee can never do enough
>> because languages like Java have libraries that are so extensive and so 
>> deeply
>> funded that C++ can never compete with volunteer labor.
> 
> The major problem IMO is that the "volunteer labor" inevitably prefers 
> development for fun to commercially-justified development.  This drives 
> inovation, but hurts competition.  Where are sockets, database access, etc.?

Well, I suppose.  In the cases you mention, I think these are just harder 
problems.  These are hard enough that it's best to have a group and groups are 
harder than single programmers.  That said, these are in the pipeline :-)

http://asio.sourceforge.net/
http://soci.sourceforge.net/

Jeff