Subject: Re: [boost] Java bindings for boost (was RE: [git] Mercurial?)
From: Nathan Ridge (zeratul976_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-19 17:52:19
> > > IMO, no. There are several reasons, but the main one is that Git is
> > > winning in the marketplace.
> >
> > You're kidding right? If not - let's switch Boost to Java - it's way
> > more popular!
>
> As a first step, boost could provide Java bindings similar to the existing python bindings. Anyone?
What purpose would that serve? A lot of Boost's functionality is covered by the Java
standard library, and for the rest, the concepts don't map well to Java (try writing
Java bindings to MPL...).
Regards,
Nate