Re: [boost] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee

Subject: Re: [boost] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee
From: Thomas Heller (thom.heller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-21 13:16:41

On 07/21/2017 02:12 PM, Niall Douglas via Boost wrote:
>> Actually, there are exactly two items in your source:
>> "- It is too hard to download and use just one Boost library; the
>> libraries seem overly coupled making it hard to pick and choose.
>>  - Some of the libraries are too clever for my taste. Sometimes,
>> generality and simplicity coincide; in Boost, the balance is IMO too
>> often so far towards generality that novices and average users are
>> lost." - Bjarne Stroustrup
>>
>> So much for that, if you cite someone, you should at least do it properly.
> 
> It wasn't a cited source, it was a link to more detail. I was citing
> Bjarne's public comments on Boost in interviews, in his conference talks
> as well as his website. His opinion regarding Boost is very well known.

Obviously you know more than I do. Do you mind sharing those
interviews/comments and/or recorded talk?

> 
> Niall
>