Re: [Boost-users] Getting started with Boost: what did you need to know?

Deane Yang wrote:

Definitely. It's so much easier and more reliable to use than any alternative I know of, especially if you want to compile and link the same code on different platforms. I now use an IDE only for debugging.

Hi Out of interest, what are the alternatives that you know of? Any feel for performance? I see that Qt is supported, but no mention of HP-UX or FORTRAN (a few things of interest to me). A+ Paul