Re: [boost] New libraries implementing C++11 features in C++03

Subject: Re: [boost] New libraries implementing C++11 features in C++03
From: Lorenzo Caminiti (lorcaminiti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-25 06:28:58

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Dean Michael Berris
<mikhailberis_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Lorenzo Caminiti <lorcaminiti_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> IMO, a library like any other software development tool, should assist
>> us in the software development /process/.
>
> What is a library but code? It's not a *tool* as it's not something
> you use to achieve a goal, it's a *building block* an *ingredient* to
> the solution.

I disagree. Yes the library is just code as the rest of the program.
>From my experience all code is a tool to solve a problem, that
includes the library. Code is not the only tool, compiler, debugger,
editor, also are. They all serve me as a tool to solve a problem.

--Lorenzo