From: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>
I recently got this request from the ACCU website admins:
Please take a look at www.accu.org/terse/cpp.htm and let me know how the Boost library/people would like to be represented on www.accu.org/terse/cpp.htm.
So I figured I'd ask. Anyone have an opinion?
That's quite an open ended query, but I took a look at the current references and have a couple of thoughts. 1. The page lists individual Boost libraries. Is it complete today? Will they keep it current whenever new libraries are added? I'm thinking it would be better if they included a link to http://www.boost.org/libs/libraries.htm and leave it to Boost to manage the list. 2. There's no description of what Boost is, just links to downloading and checking compiler compatibility. Those links are followed by the library links, so eventually, the visitor gets an idea of what's in Boost, but not what Boost is. I think there should be descriptive text, such as the first two paragraphs of http://www.boost.org/, though that's rather long-winded relative to the rest of the ACCU content. Perhaps the following would do: Boost provides free, peer-reviewed, portable C++ source libraries. Boost also seeks to establish "existing practice" and provide reference implementations for standardization. Even that is long-winded, but how much more can be excised? -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;