Re: [Boost-users] Off topic: Interface / design question

From: Mike Marchywka (marchywka_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-29 10:15:09

If you don't mind me asking, what type of applications are you targeting ( modelling, simulation, accounting, etc)
and have you historically used something like MFC, or some other language like java?

Thanks.

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> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 08:43:12 -0400
> From: amit.khandelwal_at_[hidden]
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Off topic: Interface / design question
> 
> 
> Appreciate your response. Any thoughts on why the designers of boost
> decided not to write interfaces for their classes?
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Nikolai N
> Fetissov
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:54 PM
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Off topic: Interface / design question
> 
> >
> > Background:
> > I am/was planning to profile the thread libraries from boost and ACE.
> > During this experiment, I wish we had an interface class defined for 
> > threads. Also, I wish boost and ACE had implemented those interface 
> > classes. It would have helped someone like me profile different C++ 
> > libraries with ease.
> >
> > I was going through the header files of boost and I don't see a 
> > interface classes being used. I am trying to understand was there a 
> > conscientious decision made to not define them. I am trying to 
> > understand the reason behind those decisions. It will help newbie's 
> > like me to understand C++ better and write better code.
> 
> Amit,
> 
> ACE and Boost are unrelated projects, and there's no universal thread
> "interface" to implement. This doesn't mean you can't design thin
> wrappers yourself for your experiment.
> Honest advise though - do not use ACE, even if you find it faster, which
> I very much doubt. Boost is a set of modern C++ libraries, pushing its
> way into standard C++, and developed by world experts; while ACE is
> dated, ugly, monolithic monster that forces you into wrong design
> choices.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> --
>  Nikolai
> 
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