Re: [Boost-users] Getting started with Boost: what did you need to know?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-06 11:12:47

Evan Carew <carew_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>Evan Carew <carew_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>>David Abrahams wrote:
>>>
>>>>Evan Carew <carew_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>David Abrahams wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Evan Carew <carew_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>There have been few libraries I have used recently where I didn't have
>>>>>>>to call this list for help. While I have always received a degree of
>>>>>>>help which has been useful to me, I routinely see other threads where
>>>>>>>a programmer with a question doesn't seem to connect with the
>>>>>>>respondents (the latest threads about bjam & python being good
>>>>>>>examples).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hm, those are my responsibility, to some degree. Which threads
>>>>>>please?
>>>>>>
>>>>>try the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>Re: [Boost-users] boost python (compiling an extension)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Ahem: http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2006/02/16887.php.
>>>>I don't know what thread about bjam you're referring to.
>>>>
>>>Am I missing something? You wanted a thread didn't you?
>>
>>
>>I'm sorry, wasn't this supposed to be an example of a thread where a
>>programmer with a question didn't connect with the respondents? Maybe
>>I don't understand what that means?
>>
> As it happens, it is an example of a programmer having trouble with
> the build process, bjam, and his inability to find sufficient
> documentation to get the job done. 

Okay, not what you said.

> Contrary to what is usually said about boost's build process, 

What is usually said about it?  Mostly I hear frustration.

> this query is about the ability to build python extensions using the
> mandatory bjam process. 

If you read the thread carefully, you'll see that the OP was asking
about how to build python extensions *without* using the mandatory
bjam process.

> If you read the thread, 

Of course I have read the thread; there are four entries in it, two of
which are my replies to the OP!  Are we talking about different threads?

> you will experience one of the examples you were requesting.

I was requesting an example of, as you said,

  "threads where a programmer with a question doesn't seem to connect
   with the respondents"

but you just told me this thread was an example of something else.
Well, thanks for trying.

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Dave Abrahams
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