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Re:Folly: An open-source C++ library developed and used at F... by Veuxdo on Friday January 07, 2022 @01:54PM (#29843144)
Rule one is don't waste people's time. Waiting until the second paragraph to get to the point violates that rule. And that's assuming your reader knows what boost or std are.
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Re:Folly: An open-source C++ library developed and used at F... by Blackthorn on Friday January 07, 2022 @02:01PM (#29843245)
Virtually everyone who uses C++ knows what Boost and std are.
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Re:Folly: An open-source C++ library developed and used at F... by yegle on Friday January 07, 2022 @02:39PM (#29843687)
I would say most people who are writing C++ professionally should known what folly (and abseil from Google) is.
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Re:Folly: An open-source C++ library developed and used at F... by downut on Friday January 07, 2022 @03:12PM (#29844105)
Missing the most important part: avoid them (including boost), when you have a choice.

Professionals often don't have that choice. Cue many thousands of comments on HN why working in c++ sucks.

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Re:Folly: An open-source C++ library developed and used at F... by aantix on Friday January 07, 2022 @03:38PM (#29844480)
What should be used for a solid trie tree implementation?

Looking to implement a memory efficient search engine.

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Re:Folly: An open-source C++ library developed and used at F... by exdsq on Friday January 07, 2022 @07:30PM (#29847089)
Not being sarcastic here - can you roll your own?
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Re:Folly: An open-source C++ library developed and used at F... by ravenstine on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:28AM (#29848897)
Um... what? Why should I have any knowledge of some kitchen sink library at Facebook just because I write C++ elsewhere? (hypothetically speaking)
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Re:Folly: An open-source C++ library developed and used at F... by Veuxdo on Friday January 07, 2022 @02:07PM (#29843334)
Perfect. Put that in your title. Or at least in the first sentence of your description. Not paragraph 2.
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Re:Folly: An open-source C++ library developed and used at F... by na85 on Friday January 07, 2022 @11:31PM (#29848634)
I haven't touched C++ since first year university and even I know what boost and std are.
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