Re: [Boost-users] A need for a COOKBOOK

From: Hughes, James (jhughes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-03 04:39:12

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of dhruva
> Sent: 01 September 2007 15:52
> To: BOOST users; BOOST dev
> Subject: [Boost-users] A need for a COOKBOOK
> 
> Hi,
>  I am trying to get more into BOOST than what I am using 
> currently (which is quite minimal compared to what BOOST has 
> to offer these
> days) and which does not include a whole lot of new things 
> that have got into BOOST.
>  Are there any BOOST professionals willing to come up with a 
> COOKBOOK for using BOOST libraries? The book "Beyond the C++ 
> Standard Library:
> An Introduction to Boost" has a decent coverage but is quite 
> dated compared to the leap BOOST library suite has seen in 
> the recent days.
>  As a user of BOOST, I request someone with good knowledge to 
> come up with a COOKBOOK (like the PERL/PYTHON cookbook) for 
> the benefit for BOOST users. It could be modeled along the 
> PYTHON COOKBOOK.
> Activestate has a site to submit recipes and those are taken 
> up, polished and edited into a nice book.
> 
> with best regards,
> dhruva
> 
> --
> Dhruva Krishnamurthy
> Contents reflect my personal views only!

All very well asking, but writing a book is a very time consuming and
difficult task, then you have to get it published, otherwise you have
spent a year of your life with no income (or two years of your spare
time - and who has that any more). I'm amazed that the current docs are
even as good as they are.....but would agree that there is a lack of
consistency which I believe the boost:docs projects is aiming to fix.
Whether it will is anyone's guess.

James

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