12 Feb
2013
12 Feb
'13
11:09 p.m.
Most of the tools packaged in cygwin are just the standard tools compiled and linked against cygwin. I don't see the value in changing to C++ when you'd still have the need for the adaptation layer provided by cygwin, or the need to import that adaptation layer into each tool.
I think the idea is that Boost itself provides a cross-platform "adaptation layer", through libraries such as Filesystem, Asio, and (hopefully soon) Process. Regards, Nate