--- Bohdan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "E. Gladyshev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > I think that any industry standard TEMPLATE > library > > should be designed in terms of modern C++. The > > compilation time should NOT be considred as an > issue. > > Compilers are getting better, computers faster... > > boost should be setting programming standards not > > laging behind trying to accomodate some specific > h/w > > requirements. > > You forgot one small thing ... development time > is very serious issue for programming. > If my work will be 10% coding/thinking and 90% > drinking coffee ... i prefer change my profession > to coffee taster :) Development speed is even > more important for developing GUI programs. > In most cases GUI program starts as something > small and can be developed/supported during > many years ... > Do you want to write excellent, > scalable, flexible, ... library that nobody wants > to use just because current computer-compiler > technology is not good enough for your lib ? > IMHO (not offensive) your ideas are too tied to > "new ideas" fashion in modern c++. They(ideas) are > good, very good unfortunately not always. > Please have mercy for people using > poor modern compilers :). >
Cool, Bohdan! It is a great reply. I enjoyed it I really did. I agree, but we should be pushing these compiler guys a bit, should not we? :) Ok, I am going to get some beer... Eugene __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
