Comments on: New Monthly Downloads Record http://pocoproject.org/blog/?p=164 News and discussion for the POCO Community Thu, 09 May 2013 12:05:16 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rafa Souza http://pocoproject.org/blog/?p=164&cpage=1#comment-425 Rafa Souza Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:16:39 +0000 http://pocoproject.org/poco/blog/?p=163#comment-425 Congratulations! And congratulations!!! I'm very sure, that POCO will be large reconized in the community of C++ programers, I think It just need time, the day of POCO will came! Keep going in that way, you are doing great! ;) Congratulations! And congratulations!!!
I’m very sure, that POCO will be large reconized in the community of C++ programers, I think It just need time, the day of POCO will came!
Keep going in that way, you are doing great! ;)

]]> By: alex http://pocoproject.org/blog/?p=164&cpage=1#comment-422 alex Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:10:38 +0000 http://pocoproject.org/poco/blog/?p=163#comment-422 While age is definitely a significant factor, there's also a lot of prejudice in the community. For example, <a href="http://herbsutter.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/type-inference-vs-staticdynamic-typing/#comment-604" rel="nofollow">this comment</a> reflects such a typical attitude of "if it's C++ and good, it can only be boost" type. While boost is a large collection of excellent libraries written by smart programmers, it definitely lacks in coherency and pragmatism. I'm sure some folks appreciate availability of <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_34_1/doc/html/boost_math/octonions.html" rel="nofollow">octonions</a> and <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_34_1/doc/html/boost_math/quaternions.html" rel="nofollow">quaternions</a>, but if you encounter a simple problem such as talking to a DB or parsing XML, you'll have to look elsewhere and inevitably end up with the "eclectic coding style" syndrom. Some folks may be okay with that but for me the tidy, coherent, pragmatic approach with consistent look-and-feel of the framework were the main reasons for adopting POCO as soon as I stumbled across it. Ultimately, time will tell if my hunches were right. In the meantime, we'll work hard and be happy that we're growing steadily :-) While age is definitely a significant factor, there’s also a lot of prejudice in the community. For example, this comment reflects such a typical attitude of “if it’s C++ and good, it can only be boost” type. While boost is a large collection of excellent libraries written by smart programmers, it definitely lacks in coherency and pragmatism. I’m sure some folks appreciate availability of octonions and quaternions, but if you encounter a simple problem such as talking to a DB or parsing XML, you’ll have to look elsewhere and inevitably end up with the “eclectic coding style” syndrom. Some folks may be okay with that but for me the tidy, coherent, pragmatic approach with consistent look-and-feel of the framework were the main reasons for adopting POCO as soon as I stumbled across it. Ultimately, time will tell if my hunches were right. In the meantime, we’ll work hard and be happy that we’re growing steadily :-)

]]> By: guenter http://pocoproject.org/blog/?p=164&cpage=1#comment-424 guenter Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:26:01 +0000 http://pocoproject.org/poco/blog/?p=163#comment-424 There's also that Boost is almost 10 years old, while POCO is in its fourth year. There’s also that Boost is almost 10 years old, while POCO is in its fourth year.

]]> By: Mario http://pocoproject.org/blog/?p=164&cpage=1#comment-423 Mario Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:40:32 +0000 http://pocoproject.org/poco/blog/?p=163#comment-423 I'm surprise by the difference in download between Poco and Boost. I find Poco so good. Marketing what a pain ... I’m surprise by the difference in download between Poco and Boost. I find Poco so good.

Marketing what a pain …

]]> By: Viet http://pocoproject.org/blog/?p=164&cpage=1#comment-426 Viet Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:16:01 +0000 http://pocoproject.org/poco/blog/?p=163#comment-426 Congrats to the Poco team! What you've done is amazing. A simple marketing campaign will create awareness and the download rate with skyrocket. What about asking users to post image & URL to Poco site on their web page. I'll put Poco logo on my site ;-) Congrats to the Poco team! What you’ve done is amazing. A simple marketing campaign will create awareness and the download rate with skyrocket. What about asking users to post image & URL to Poco site on their web page. I’ll put Poco logo on my site ;-)

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