Re: [Boost-users] Boost book

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost book
From: joel (joel.falcou_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-16 06:45:12

Roland Bock wrote:
> I agree with the above, except for the relative amounts of pages. I 
> would rather think of a three volume collection. The reason is that 
> the complex/specialized/advanced topics are, well, complex, 
> specialized, advanced. And because they are, they always seem to be 
> squeezed in last, not covered in enough detail.
>
> For instance, currently I think I could make good use of MPL, but the 
> tutorial looks rather abstract to me, and somehow I do not really get 
> a grasp on it. I would love to see a more down-to-earth introduction 
> (although maybe that is an oxymoron?).
>
> Regards,
I agree with this. MPL and other meta-programming related libraries 
(MPl, type_traits,fusion,proto) are not for the faint of heart when you 
have no idea what they are for.

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