A mature cross-platform C++ library for use as a default application framework. Features include:
* Threading & synchronization
* Socket programming: SSL, NanoMsg & ZMQ
* File I/O utilities: zlib, ini, yaml
* Native Database access: MySQL, SQLite, BerkleyDB, Postgre, REDIS and ODBC
* Built-in mini XML parser; optional EXPAT, LIBXML and MSXML support
* Network protocol stack: HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, SOAP, XMLRPC
* Scripting languages: Perl, Python, JavaScript, VBScript, Java, Lua, TCL...