[ace-users] Getting started with ACE (noobish)

[Douglas C. Schmidt]

Hi Jim,

> I am embarking upon the development of some new server apps and have
> been looking at ACE to use for certain components -- thread pools,
> shared memory, and a couple of others.

Great!

> I know that the "Software Development Guidelines" suggest using the
> ACE equivalents for things like main ie ACE_TMAIN, etc. for
> portability purposes.  However, if I am not concerned about
> portability of things like strings / etc.  Is there any downside to
> using ACE in a piecemeal fashion?

No, not really - other than if you end up needing to port your code to
other platforms you may need to do some minor rework!

Take care,

     Doug
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