| -----Original Message----- | From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org | [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of David Abrahams | Sent: 10 February 2006 13:52 | To: boost@lists.boost.org | Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] Shmem | | Paul Giaccone <paulg@cinesite.co.uk> writes: | | > I haven't looked at the library, but I'd like to raise a | minor point. I | > think the name "shmem" is bad as it doesn't tell you what | the library is | > about - most Boost libraries have more descriptive names. "Shmem" | > sounds to me like a letter of the Hebrew alphabet rather | than the name | > of a Boost library. |Yeah, it's barely even pronounceable for a native english speaker that |doesn't also speak Hebrew ;-) As "a native english speaker that doesn't also speak Hebrew" this is my only contribution to this review: Boost.Shared_memory or Boost.Shared -- if it can apply to more than RAM memory? PLEASE. Paul -- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB Phone and SMS text +44 1539 561830, Mobile and SMS text +44 7714 330204 mailto: pbristow@hetp.u-net.com http://www.hetp.u-net.com/index.html http://www.hetp.u-net.com/Paul%20A%20Bristow%20info.html