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- From: maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C++ class libs survey.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.125246.4967@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 12:52:46 GMT
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- In article <486@imp.diablery.10A.com> devil@diablery.10A.com (Gil Tene) writes:
- >Hello C++ Land,
- >
- >I'm doing a small survey about what C++ class libraries are out
- >there. I'm interested in information about "good" class libs
- >you know about. Also of interest:
- >
-
- There aren't so many, if any, good general purpose class libraries,
- because in my opinion a good GPCL needs to use shared virtual bases,
- templates, and exceptions, and most compilers do
- not support all these features, or did not support them until recently.
-
- >- Are there any trends showing for a "standard" C++ class lib?
- >
- There will be some ANSI/ISO standard libraries, but these do not fall
- under the category of a good class library. I expect only a very minimal,
- bare bones set of classes, which is the way it should be.
-
- >
- >Please give a few details about class libs you work with. I will
- >(of course) prepare a summary and post it.
- >
- Due to my perception of the poor quality of most GPCL's,
- I dont use any of them :-) I could be wrong, but I prefer to
- wait until proper compiler support makes writing a good library
- possible, before making a heavy committment to anything I haven't
- written myself.
-
- I believe there are some very good special purpose libraries,
- particularly numerical ones.
-
- It is interesting that the numerical people have been most excited
- about producing qualtity components. Maybe because the overloadable
- operators lend themselves best to numerical applications.
-
- Perhaps after FORTRAN ... anyhow its a pity they didnt get
- the power operator IMHO.
-
-
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