how about bringing back the compiler specific boards?
how about bringing back the compiler specific boards?
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personally i think that the divisions between boards should be even (i think you'd all agree)... and having compiler specific boards, unless there were but a few major compilers which were mainstream, would not help the traffic distribution. also, we aren't doing that bad without them are we? since this _is_ a programming language board, the major questions should not be ncesarily about how to implement the laguage in your setup, but rather how to implement the language itself. but have at it nonetheless... more the wiser...
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I think the number of boards is fine at the moment. I welcome the new Linux board ( even though I doubt I'd use it) because it was probably something the site was missing.
If we start going down the road of compiler specific boards, and boards for any language that members might have an interest in then I think it will end up as a mess. IE Programmers Heaven.
Well, I've thrown my hat in......
More boards is a bad idea IMO
1. Basic questions about the language (those that lie within the scope of the ANSI standards) do not care which compiler you are using. A good proportion of questions fall into this category. Does the poor newbie ask in the general board, or the compiler specific board. Practical experience seems to suggest that they either choose the general board (because it has the most traffic, hence the impression that its most likely to deliver a timely answer), or they choose both (and cross post).
2. More complex questions are more likely to be operating system specific than compiler specific (how do I find all files), and we already have a number of operating system sub-boards. So long as they mention their compiler, that's usually enough to be going on with.
3. Each time a new board is added, the proponents of some minority raise their voices and say "you've added X, why can't we have Y?". Before you know what's happened, everything is fragmented, and some boards fall into dis-use after some initial enthusiasm.
4. We even have one application specific board (the Game board). The number of application specific boards we could have (net programming, database programming etc etc) could go on forever. Personally, I think the Game Programming board should be renamed the Game/Graphics programming board, given the number of questions about OpenGL/Allegro/DirectX which appear there.
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