Which is a good project to develop online

[vfunc]

Which is a good project to develop online in C++, say on sourceforge ?
Deciding factors:
* learn C++, particularly topics tended to be overlooked (exceptions,
templates)
* lead on to something commercial, but with some depth (most things
mathematical / algebraic are cool)
* who is interested ?

What else should be taken into consideration ?

[shadowman615]

vf***@talktalk.net wrote:

Which is a good project to develop online in C++, say on sourceforge ?
Deciding factors:
* learn C++, particularly topics tended to be overlooked (exceptions,
templates)
* lead on to something commercial, but with some depth (most things
mathematical / algebraic are cool)
* who is interested ?

What else should be taken into consideration ?

huh?

[Rolf Magnus]

vf***@talktalk.net wrote:

Which is a good project to develop online in C++, say on sourceforge ?
Deciding factors:
* learn C++, particularly topics tended to be overlooked (exceptions,
templates)
It probably should be a relatively new project, because those tend to use
those features more frequently.
* lead on to something commercial, but with some depth (most things
mathematical / algebraic are cool)
What exactly do you mean by "something commercial, but with some depth"?
* who is interested ?
In what?
What else should be taken into consideration ?

I'd suggest to pick a software that will be useful for you. That way, it's
much more fun than developing something only for other people. That's what
Raymond calls "scratch an itch" - write software because you need it.

[vfunc]

Rolf Magnus wrote:

vf***@talktalk.net wrote:

Which is a good project to develop online in C++, say on sourceforge ?
Deciding factors:
* learn C++, particularly topics tended to be overlooked (exceptions,
templates)
It probably should be a relatively new project, because those tend to use
those features more frequently.

OK, but why is a new project more likely to use those ?

* lead on to something commercial, but with some depth (most things
mathematical / algebraic are cool)

What exactly do you mean by "something commercial, but with some depth"?

Use of algorithms / science / art. Rather than "shallow programming"
where you are just using an API or dev enviroment to make something
shallow like a list of records for some secretary, not that that sort
of work is easy it can be quite intricate writing stored procedures on
databases.. commercial but shallow.

* who is interested ?

In what?

In such a project.

What else should be taken into consideration ?

I'd suggest to pick a software that will be useful for you. That way, it's
much more fun than developing something only for other people. That's what
Raymond calls "scratch an itch" - write software because you need it.

Interesting debates. google Raymond "scratch an itch"

[vfunc]

> > I'd suggest to pick a software that will be useful for you. That way, it's

much more fun than developing something only for other people. That's what
Raymond calls "scratch an itch" - write software because you need it.

hmm, not so easy.