Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Uring over here

[K. G. <kim...@gm...>]

Hi Dean,

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 14:11, Dean Michael Berris
<mik...@gm...> wrote:
>
> In the beginning, I used to think so too -- that this "artificial"
> approach to doing something that traditional OO and runtime dynamic
> polymorphism and runtime checks and switches etc. have "straight
> forward" solutions to.

Yeah, one man's artificial is another man's straight-forward, I guess :)

> Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied (by
> Andrei Alexandrescu)
> http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Design-Programming-Patterns-Depth/dp/0201704315

I liked that one too, though I don't remember much anymore, it's been a while.

> C++ Template Metaprogramming: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques from
> Boost and Beyond (by David Abrahams  and Aleksey Gurtovoy)
> http://www.amazon.com/Template-Metaprogramming-Concepts-Techniques-Depth/dp/0321227255/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225112272&sr=1-1

I've seen it on Amazon, and considered it... Might be interesting,
I'll give it a read.

> I may be wrong in the way I'm thinking about it and maybe the approach
> you will come up with will be better -- or the synergy of our
> approaches might come up with something different and eventually
> better. :)

We'll see how it goes after I come back to work. I'll probably be
exhausted anyway :)

Cheers,
- Kim