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Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released

From Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: libwy-0.69.3 is released
Date 2024-11-19 17:02 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <vhigab$1ud14$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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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.

>
>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.

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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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