I'm confused on why certain libraries work and some do not. Such as wxWidgets compiles, but Boost libraries gives failing errors on certain compilers. Is this due to low level code?
MFC only works in VC while Windows code works with a lot of different windows compilers. I thought MFC was only a C++ wrapper for Win32 API's. If you had the MFC libraries why wouldn't it work on any compiler?
> but Boost libraries gives failing errors on certain compilers. Is this due to low level code?
It's mostly down to crap compilers.
Boost pushes pretty hard on the compliance of the compilers with respect to the standards.
> If you had the MFC libraries why wouldn't it work on any compiler?
MFC written by M$
VC++ written by M$
How much effort do you think they put into making MFC work with any other compiler?
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