CompuServe Messages

Seriously? A standard class library is only part of the problem. Also, to do things right is hard. For instance, I was speaking with Bob Swarm of Zortech (hey, competitors can be friends, right?) and we were discussing the String issue itself. Turn out that String is not actually an accurate starting point since many of us (myself included) work with the wrong definition of what a string is in many senses. These are the kind sof things that needs to be address in a standard library. This is not to say I don't want to see one, or see a String class, or even perhaps "bad" classes (since they'd allow us to see were we need to go), but that isn't the end of it. For instance, I've got lots of people doing scientific, numerical, controllers, etc with C++. To them, they can stay in their own niche of reusibility since their trait is their trait. They need not never even come need or have the desire to use something in a standard library. I do think a C++ standard lib would be benefical. Not sure how stardization of it should occur though. This will most certainly be discussed (again) next week at the 1st tech meeting of ANSI C++.