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 22:51:10

I made the comparisions between C and C++ to illustrate a point.
Sadly, you seem to have missed it.

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Jonathan Franklin
<franklin.jonathan_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:54 PM, John Phillips
> <phillips_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>  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.
>
> I am aware of Tom's contributions to boost.  However, his claims that
> C++ is useless to graphics programming, people who learn C first are
> better programmers, etc. are:
> 1. Entirely opinion.
> 2. Entirely off topic for this list.
> 3. Incite impassioned responses from the otherwise smart and
> well-meaning members of this list.
>
> This is classic troll bait, and has no place in this forum.
>
>> 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.
>
> Please note that in claiming that these statements are troll bait, I
> have not made any insinuation of dislike or disrespect towards Tom.  I
> believe the record will show that I never actually called anyone a
> troll.  I simply pointed out the "baited" statements, and encouraged
> people to get back on topic.  I chose not to engage in any of the
> inflammatory off-topic debate simply because I feel that it is the
> best way to get back on topic.
>
> I encourage everyone to (re-)read the following, and try to keep
> future discussion useful to boost:
> http://www.boost.org/community/policy.html
>
> Jon
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