> > It is time to dump libg++. Once EGCS is in the tree, I'll make a port of > > the libg++ meant for post g++ 2.8 compilers. > > What's the exact division between libg++ and libstdc++? I'm sure > I'm not the only person confused by this one. :)
libg++ was a set of "standard" classes for strings, lists, etc. created by FSF to help others from inventing the wheel. Stroustrup has commented that one of his bigger mistakes was releasing C++ on the world w/o a standard set of classes. (where as Eiffel, et. al. did) The ISO C++ standards committee realized this and decided to come up with a standard set of basic C++ data structures. AT&T's iostream and HP Labs' STL (standard templet library) ended up becoming part of this standard set. Thus libg++ classes are a purely FSF class library that shouldn't be used for any new code development. The current libg++ only contains what was left after the ISO stdlibc++ stuff was gutted. -- -- David (obr...@nuxi.com -or- obr...@freebsd.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message