Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review (Chad Nelson)

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review (Chad Nelson)
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-07 11:16:37

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Chad Nelson
<chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I'm confident to the point of arrogance. It's a personality flaw that I
> know and detest in myself, and I've worked for years to mute it. I'm
> also by far the best programmer that I'd ever met before I joined this
> list, which exacerbates the problem greatly because I've never before
> had any reason to be humble in that area.
>
> To make things worse, XInt is the product of not just passion, but
> obsession. No completely sane human works on something like that for
> twelve or more hours a day, seven days a week, for months on end. There
> were several factors that contributed to that, but they're irrelevant.
>
> So when I joined this list and offered XInt, I subconsciously expected
> to be welcomed with open arms and lauded for my contribution. Instead,
> the masterpiece I was so proud of was torn apart and left in a bloody
> heap. Six times.
>
> None of that excuses my behavior, only hopefully explains it. I didn't
> realize how I was reacting until a few days ago, and I've tried very
> hard to divorce my emotions from the library and deal with it
> objectively since then. I think I've been fairly successful, but that
> may be unwarranted confidence talking again.

Again, I don't know anything about the history, but whatever may have
come before, this testimonial instills confidence in me that Chad can
handle what's coming down the road.  I love it when the process works
:-)

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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