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Re: A C++ util library (Was: hey nice job...)
- Subject: Re: A C++ util library (Was: hey nice job...)
- From: Branko Cibej <branko.cibej@hermes.si>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:30:10 +0200
- CC: libstdc++ <libstdc++@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- Organization: HERMES SoftLab
- References: <001101bea8e5$ac77c4a0$8d02a8c0@intranet.pspl.co.in>
Shiv Shankar Ramakrishnan wrote:
> |Interesting reading.
> |
> |One thing I've been thinking for a while: is there a "market" for an
> |Open Source'd C++ utility library that goes beyond the C++ standard
> |library?
"Now why didn't I say that first?" ;-)
> I think there is a good case for some beginnings to be made for an
> open source general util C++ libs based on the Std C++ framework. And
> if I remember correctly that was one of the design goals of Std C++
> libs (i.e to be a framework for further libs)?
Come to think of it, the SGI rope class and hashed containers already fit in
that category.
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