-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost- bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Chad Nelson Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:35 AM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review <snip> Brilliance and BS are indistinguishable to someone who doesn't have a complete grasp of all the issues involved. You can waste a lot of valuable programming time in trying to understand a suggestion at a deep enough level to agree or refute it, only to find that the original suggester had no idea what he was talking about. -- Chad Nelson Oak Circle Software, Inc.
Chad, as an 'old guy' and nothing more than a lurking outsider, allow me to offer an alternative interpretation: You never really know a topic until you try to teach it - or, in this case, 'sell' a library to the group at boost.org. What you refer to as a 'waste', I would interpret as 'due diligence'. More than simply adding some library, IMHO you are, in a very real sense, in the process of establishing yourself as the "go to" person for large integers within the boost community. That's a lofty goal and will require that you NEVER stop learning. (A word of warning though: if you thought the last 5-6 months effort was a lot of work on your part, think about the next 5-6 *YEARS* if|when your library is accepted.) Just my $.002 Dick Bridges Western Digital