I have worked on C++ for a long time in the past, but then I stopped using C++ and moved to other languages like Java sheerly because I was facing
portability and
repeatability issues with my programs. However, with the advent of Boost, I am very excited to go back to C++ again. Ajay Gopalakrishnan.
I started using boost for the same reason, but I would not abondon higher level languages either. C++ is great for some things, but for other things it is the wrong tool for the job. I reccommend you impliment the 'tools' where performance is important in C++, but you make your integrated applications in higher level languages (like python). You can use boost.python or swig (which I have used) to expose your c++ code to languages like python or even Java. These langauges currently make xml interfaces, web services, guis, etc. extremely simple and easy. Others here may disagree, but this is a pattern I (currently) find works. -- John Femiani