Re: [Boost-users] Is boost a library or a framework?

From: Felipe Magno de Almeida (felipe.m.almeida_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-25 19:37:24

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My head has been spinning lately on trying to nail down the difference
> between a library and a framework.

It is a group of libraries.

> One of my co-workers calls Boost a
> framework because it is a collaboration of components, and the fact that
> boost is so large makes it a framework.

IMO, a framework imposes a design. Your code doesn't use a framework, the
framework uses your code.
Boost libraries avoid that.

[snip]

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Felipe Magno de Almeida