Re: [Boost-users] Is boost a library or a framework?

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Robert Dailey wrote:

Hi,

My head has been spinning lately on trying to nail down the difference between a library and a framework.

It is a group of libraries.

One of my co-workers calls Boost a framework because it is a collaboration of components, and the fact that boost is so large makes it a framework.

IMO, a framework imposes a design. Your code doesn't use a framework, the framework uses your code. Boost libraries avoid that. [snip] -- Felipe Magno de Almeida