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Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released

From	wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released
Date	2024-11-20 11:36 +0800
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On Tue, 2024-11-19 at 17:02 +0000, Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:55:07 +0800
> wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> boring babbled:
> > On Tue, 2024-11-19 at 15:13 +0000, Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org wrote:
> > > Pure wrapper functions/classes don't serve much purpose unless they do=
> > =20
> > > something extra compared to just calling the API functions directly since
> > > we're all capable of spending 5 mins putting fork() (or similar) into a c=
> > lass
> > > which is preferable to having a dependency on someones hobby library.
> > > =20
> > 
> > Such kind of opinion has been around since 2005, so, it seems to be like=
> 
> Why 2005? Similar comments were probably said about many libraries going back
> to the birth of software libraries.
> 
> > olcott's motto "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a tar=
> > get=20
> > no one else can see."
> > But, I mean the opposite, it is too obvious (like 0.999!=3D1, infinitesaml =
> > exists
> > in real number,...) for 'educated' people to see it. You have to try it to =
> > know
> > (and compare it with c++ std library). Or, try build such kind of library b=
> > y
> > your own to understand.
> 
> Trying to make out you're some kind of genius when you receive some mild
> criticism really doesn't do you any favours and just makes you sound like an
> arrogant ass.

For now, it seems I am more open to criticism than you are.
What can I get from your criticism?
I explained that your criticism has been around for 20 years, sth I missed?
What is your criticism exactly?

> > 
> > libwy does not support stream I/O (may be considered a defect), but it cont=
> > ains=20
> > a class RdBuf which handles 'stream' better than any library I know of.
> 
> Which begs the question of how many libraries do you know of.

Several, five maybe.

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libwy-0.69.3 is released wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-19 21:05 +0800
  Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-19 21:21 +0800
  Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-11-19 15:13 +0000
    Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 00:55 +0800
      Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-11-19 17:02 +0000
        Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 11:36 +0800
          Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 07:42 +0100
          Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-11-20 08:22 +0000
            Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 23:20 +0800
              Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-21 00:17 +0800
                Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 13:31 -0800
                Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 13:32 -0800
              Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-11-20 16:40 +0000

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