11 Dec
2005
11 Dec
'05
3:24 a.m.
Paul, I hear you :) The frustration surely breaks through. But, ugly workarounds or not, being _able_ to use tools such as Boost libraries is a very big deal. And, to a large degree, you are helping drag the [kicking and screaming] compiler vendors into the realm of standard C++ BECAUSE your libraries can be immediately used with MOST of the compilers out there. A shaming campaign is a pretty nice twist, I agree -- but just cutting off the non-conforming compilers would mean marginalization. You may be happy with a few "power clients", I don't know, but there's gonna be a whole lot of unhappy people left in the cold... though _I_ personally can probably get by with M$VC8 :) ...Max...