15 Jul
2007
15 Jul
'07
1:33 p.m.
In my experience of programming. I have worked mostly with Java and C++. I have found boost to be flexible, lightweight and powerful. The slashdot thread misrepresents boost. Boost might not be the fastest or least complex approach. Boost is a step forward for C++ in the right direction. Compared to the competition, especially .NET and Java I find it much easier to work with. Visual C++ 2003 copes fine with Boost and GCC also has few problems. Debugging Boost based code is no more difficult than C++ as the problem usually isn't in boost. Boost should be used more widely in business.