Re: [boost] [serialization] performance comparison

From: brass goowy (brass_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-23 19:00:22

Martin Slater writes:
>> Do you think online code generation is useless in general?
>
> Pretty much so yes. And even if it was non-commercial so that the very
> real confidentiality concerns that Rene raises that would prevent it
> being used anywhere I have worked were not an issue the fact that it
> cannot be integrated into the build process easily and lack of source
> code so the progress of the project is at the whim of any bugs would
> deter many from using it or even considering it.

Its possible to encrypt input before sending it and then decrypt the 
output. Class names and member names can be hidden that way.

We haven't yet been able to provide support for the build integration 
that you mention, but we've thought about it and hope to deliver 
something there.

In my opinion it is a question of which approach will be able to 
overcome its weaknesses. Besides the performance question mark 
over B.Ser, there are some disadvantages associated with 
downloading. Boost has gotten bigger and bigger and downloading/
building/installing it is not as fast as it used to be. Our model is 
more the once-and-for-all model. We build and install the software 
and that's that. We also don't take a big chunk of space on the
hard drive.

 
Brian Wood
www.webEbenezer.net 
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the
unjust, that he might bring us to God..." First Peter 3:18
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