-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan S. Shapiro schrieb: > We now have the BitC compiler cleaned up to the point where we can > switch over to the boost library using a single script. The question is: > should we do this? > > The original reason for switching was the theory that: > > (a) boost is widely used and widely available > (b) certain portions of boost are being added to the standard C++ > library (all the parts that we use are in this category) > (c) Any library that somebody else can maintain is good, provided > it is available. > > In my opinion, (b) is still a compelling reason to use the boost library > in preference to libsherpa where the two have comparable functionality.
This switch sounds like an a step towards making bitc more usable as a standalone compiler (instead of just for bitc development). I welcome it. Philipp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiTbA0ACgkQbtUV+xsoLpr8vgCfa3/qGgIcErp7ZSNRoJayGPh1 XdAAoIccQhsEL/jTy5rzkOTo46eGln+X =wdwW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ bitc-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.coyotos.org/mailman/listinfo/bitc-dev
