discuss: Re: The C++ HOWTO Review
Subject:
Re: The C++ HOWTO Review
From:
Pradeep Padala ####@####.####
Date:
21 Nov 2002 14:04:42 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0211210902080.19808-100000@sand.cise.ufl.edu>
> First, a comprehensive document would be extremely hard to write, and
> easily reach into hundreds of pages. Second, C++ in general is already
> extremely well covered elsewhere, such as the C++ FAQ Lite, Guru of the
> Week, cpptips, STL references, etc. etc.
>
> I really think is a bad, and probably unworkable, idea.
Yes, you are right. Writing a comprehensive document on C++
and doing a job better than the available docs is very hard.
> We could certainly have a C++ on Linux FAQ (covering things such as
> std:: namespace issues in gcc 2.96 vs. later releases), but this has
> nothing to do with the HOWTO, and would constitute a new document.
Will be putting a section named 'g++ and linux specific info' in the ToC.
If it becomes too big, we can put it in a seperate document.
--pradeep
