Boost 1.36 Released 166
AndrewStephens writes "Good news for C++ programmers: Boost 1.36 has been released with 4 new libraries (including very useful exception templates) and a host of updates. In particular, boost.asio (the cross platform AsyncIO library) has seen major additions and now supports asynchronous disk operations on Windows. Almost every modern C++ codebase uses Boost somewhere, and many of its features find their way into the official language specifications."
Re:Boost epitomizes everything that is wrong with (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Now if only (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Huh. I'm still using STL. (Score:3, Funny)
Yuda man.
Ugh, Boost. (Score:1, Funny)
Get thee behind me, foul creature of Satan!
Re:Are we talking about the same library? (Score:3, Funny)
whoops, replied to the wrong post. Oh well, this'll do :P
Re:I've never used it (Score:0, Funny)
I wrote the following, cross platform C++ code with boost:
All these are already implemented in Java, no need to even code them, just use them.
Again, what is the real advantage of what's its name? Bust?
Re:Use of Boost? (Score:3, Funny)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't think boost is everywhere. I mean, I used to. I thought I was the only one who wasn't using it, and that I must be missing out horribly. My projects were working fine, and I didn't really need boost, so I just accepted I was the only one not using it. Over time, I started to have the odd belief that I and everyone I talked to were the only ones not madly in love with template metaprogramming, and we (myself and everyone I know) were somehow simple minded abominations who just weren't clever enough to see how everything needed to be done with templates.
That said, the threading API is conveniently portable to all the platforms I am likely to target with it, and saves me having to worry about platform specific details. So, I am slowly starting to move more and more in the boost direction.
Re:Boost rocks your jocks (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Huh. I'm still using STL. (Score:3, Funny)
I'm merely saying, "I don't need a massively powerful library, I just need to get shit done."
Confucius say "Man who try to get shit done without library sit on pot with nothing to read."
I iNsist (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Really appreciate it (Score:3, Funny)
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