----- Original Message ----- > From: "Benoit Jacob" <jacob.benoi...@gmail.com> > To: "Botond Ballo" <bba...@mozilla.com> > Cc: "dev-platform" <dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org> > Sent: Monday, June 9, 2014 3:45:20 PM > Subject: Re: C++ standards proposals of potential interest, and upcoming > committee meeting > > 2014-06-09 15:31 GMT-04:00 Botond Ballo <bba...@mozilla.com>: > > > Cairo-based 2D drawing API (latest revision): > > http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2014/n4021.pdf > > > > I would like the C++ committee's attention to be drawn to the dangers, for > committee, to try to make decisions outside of its domain of expertise. I > see more potential for harm than for good in having the C++ committee join > the ranks of non graphics specialists thinking they know how to do > graphics...
Does this caution apply even if the explicit goal of this API is to allow people learning C++ and/or creating simple graphical applications to be able to do so with minimal overhead (setting up third-party libraries and such), rather than necessarily provide a tool for expert-level/heavy-duty graphics work? Cheers, Botond _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
