Re: [boost] 5 Observations - My experience with the boost libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] 5 Observations - My experience with the boost libraries
From: Tom Brinkman (reportbase2007_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-24 22:46:25

Thanks John.  Nice words.

I have taken far more from boost than I have given.

Let me just summarize my views by saying that I think that boost is at
a turning point.  I hear lots and lots of grumbling.  Most of it is a
general frustration and angst about the future.

With microsoft's .Net, apples osx, and Java, C/C++ is no longer the top dog.

C/C++ is just one of many different approaches to software development.

Its not like it used to be.

I see boost as our last great hope.   Granted boost is very C++ centric.
It is my mission to make boost more friendly to C projects.

Why do we fight.  Why are C programmers so generrally frustrated with
C++ programmers.  I can help there, if anyone is interested to listen.

I would hope that C++ programmers would just hear us out.  Make a few
concessions, where its not too painful.

I guess, what I see is that we C/C++ developers should get together.
There is so much that we could do if we fought for each other.  We
argue because there is a friendly comptition between the languages,
but if we were smart, we would realize that
our real compition is elsewhere and we are far better off joining
forces, so to speak.

>> Jon
>>
>
>  Jon,
>
>  I think you are being unfair here. Tom has put several years of hard work
> into Boost, including preceding me as a Review Wizard, where he served for a
> few years, and managing a few reviews. I honestly believe that he is trying
> to start a discussion that he hopes will help Boost.
>
>  That is not the same thing as saying I agree with him. I wrote an over long
> post elsewhere in this thread expanding on one point where I disagree. In
> general, I am much more tolerant of both templates and the use of the
> preprocessor than Tom is. I think that is an honest difference of stylistic
> opinion between us, and is in no way trolling.
>
>  It may be uncommon in current US society, but I find it quite easy to
> strongly disagree with someone on some topic that is important to me, but
> still like and respect that person.
>
>                        John
>
>
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