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

From: ajb_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-03-25 23:28:42

G'day all.

Quoting Robert Dailey <rcdailey_at_[hidden]>:

> My head has been spinning lately on trying to nail down the difference
> between a library and a framework.

My rule of thumb is that a framework more or less takes over main(),
and a library doesn't.  By this vague definition, Boost is, for the most
part, a collection of libraries.  The one exception is Boost.Test, which
is a framework.

Not being a framework is a real strength of Boost.  It means that it
will never get in the way of your application, and will work alongside
any other libraries, as well as any sufficiently "modern" exception-safe
framework.

Cheers,
Andrew Bromage