From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-23 16:08:39
Jeff Garland <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:
> I, for one, am happy they have made the effort to provide a common way to do
> this in C++. It's even more amazing to me that their's virtually no loss of
> efficiency.
Not virtually. According to the best measurements we have, there's
just plain no loss of efficiency. If you believe the numbers, there
might even be an efficiency gain.
> It's only thru this sort of experimentation and effort that
> programming practices can be improved. I'd eventually like to see a
> language feature, but that's a different discussion....
Quite so.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com