Re: [boost] [interprocess] A little gentle criticism

Subject: Re: [boost] [interprocess] A little gentle criticism
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-22 15:58:58

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Tom Brinkman <reportbase_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> >> Please Boost developers, C++ programmers deserve not to deal with
> C-style strings anymore.
>
> With all respect, this is not a view that I share.  I'm a c++
> developer who prefers C-style strings.  Most of the coding standards
> on C++ projects that I have been on over the last 10 years or so have
> discouraged using C++ string wrappers.  This hasn't changed recently
> from what I can see.  I rarely if ever use std::string or
> std::basic_string.  Many C++ developers still prefer  C style string
> handeling.
>

Just curious... Is there a specific reason for such preference?