Jason Earl <Jason@hybd.net> wrote:
[...] However in the case of Boost, it's target audience is not your average client / dumb computer user. It's aimed at professional C++ programmer. If a C/C++ programmer is expected to understand things like memory management / allocation concepts and policies, then they shouldn't have any problem with using a shell. After all anyone with experience with Unix will realise how of an advantage a shell is in terms of flexibility when it comes to deploying stuff with scripts etc.
There are millions of C++ users out there who almost never have the need to use a command line tool. Still, many of them are doing very professional work. They see the advantage of their IDE over your arcane command line and you'd be just amazed to see how they do their work using it as they would be seeing you typing. C++ programmers are expected to learn a lot more than memory etc. They need to learn the language extensions/tweaks necessary for their job, 3rd-party APIs, other libs they need to use, build systems, in-house style guides, new languages how to circumvent bugs in their tools... To many, using command line tools is just one of many things they'd love to learn to do better one day -- and never find the time to actually do so. When you're rushing from deadline to deadline you're just looking at the stuff you need for your next project and sigh because it's just a tenth of what you'd like to look at. On Windows, using command line tools isn't within this tenth for many professionals. And for those, installing boost is a hassle. You might say you'Re fine with that and this is OK with me. Just don't diss programmers that don't use command line tools in their daily work. And don't suppose boost is easy to setup if for those. It's not.
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