On 12 February 2013 11:09, gast128
Hello all,
since Boost has marvelous cross platform libraries, wouldn't it be an idea to rewrite all the standard commandline unix tools (e.g. cp, grep, ps, ls, diff) in c++ with Boost? Libraries like program options, filesystem and regex already fullfill a lot of the functionality. Only thing left is a person with a good knowledge of the syntax of the cmd line tools and ofc a lot of time:).
GSoC has just started, I believe proposals are welcome, so write one. This sounds like a feasible project within the GSoC time-frame for a student with both, Unix and Windows experience Besides, it's off-topic: "This list is for discussion of issues related to using these [Boost] libraries". For discussions on new developments -> http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net