Re: [boost] Boost.Threads, N2178, N2184, et al

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-22 14:34:42

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Emil Dotchevski
> 
> > > Pthread is there, standardized, proven in practice, so 
> why > > not make use of it? In addition, there is a lot of 
> legacy > > pthread code which N2178 makes compatible with 
> future C++ > > <thread> based code. I consider both to be 
> Good Things.> > Some of the most annoying problems in C++ 
> directly stem from being> compatible with C :-/
> This statement would be off-topic unless you mean that there 
> are problems in N2178 that stem from the fact that it's based 
> on pthread.

I'm only saying that compatibility or popularity should not be an
overriding concern. Whatever is implemented, people *will* use it.