From: Dave Snowdon (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-09 04:03:03
I'd like to second what Stefan said. Before I started using boost (only
a couple of months back) I'd seen references to it in many articles in
the C++ User Journal not to mention a few C++ related books. After
starting on a new C++ project I realised I needed some of the libraries
mentioned and went straight for them. So it was not so much a case of
"do I need boost?" but "where do I find the bits I need now, and how do
I use them?"
Dave
Stefan Strasser wrote:
> I don't think people come by accident to the boost page(and they
> definitely don't to the community page) and need to be convinced that
> they need boost.
> they look for a specific library/class and they've been told, "boost
> has that". later on they look what also is in boost.
> at least that is how it worked for me.
>
> so a community page(especially user comments in documentation) helps a
> new user to get into it. it is imho not the function of a community
> page to raise interest. (and I think it can't).
>
> and I think the best thing you can do to bring a new user into the
> community thing is to have documentation and user comments on the same
> page(see php). because what a user definitely does is look at the
> documentation when he's found the library he's looking for.
>