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Subject: Re: [boost] Alternative names to Boost.Fit
From: Paul Fultz II (pfultz2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-03-13 17:40:09


On Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 7:27:22 PM UTC-6, Gottlob Frege wrote:
>
> I'm a fan of short namespaces - because I tend to ban 'using
> namespace' (If someone calls sort(...) I want to know without looking
> whether that's std::sort or my::sort)
>
> You could call it Boost.Fultz and backronym that. Or Boost.Futlz -
> Function Utilz.
>

:)

Well, I did suggest earlier Boost.PEF, which were my initials, but I think I
am going to go with Boost.HOF(HigherOrderFunctions). Despite the Hasselhoff
theme, HOF is a common abbreviation for Higher-Order Function.
 

> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba
> <vicent..._at_[hidden] <javascript:>> wrote:
> > Le 11/03/2016 00:19, Glen Fernandes a écrit :
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Peter Dimov wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Gavin Lambert wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> (I regret nothing.)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Boost.Hoff.
> >>>
> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm7jEA3frY4
> >>>
> >> Hasselhoff? Confirmed: The German HPC posse's agent that has infiltrated
> >> Boost.
> >>
> >>
> > Not yet ;-)
> > Vicente
> >
> >
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