[Mpi-21] Relevance of C++ MPI binding of www.boost.org

[Purushotham Bangalore]

The C++ developers that I know (not many) tend to use the C bindings instead of the C++ bindings or the Boost MPI.

Puri
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rolf Rabenseifner" <rabenseifner_at_[hidden]>
To: "MPI 2.1 Mailing List" <mpi-21_at_[hidden]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 11:09:09 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: [Mpi-21] Relevance of C++ MPI binding of www.boost.org

All C++ MPI specialists,

which relevance has the MPI C++ binding of Boost ( http://www.boost.org/ )?
In the actual version 1.35
http://www.boost.org/users/news/version_1_35_0
one can find a "C++-friendly interface to the standard Message 
Passing Interface".

The comment from boost:
"Although there exist C++ bindings for MPI, they offer little functionality over the C bindings."

Is there any knowledge of whether in real C++ programming, whether 
the official C++ MPI binding or the C++ boost MPI binding is
more often used in the C++ community?

For me, the answer may have implications on how separate or integrated 
additional bindings should be integrated into the language
independent text of the MPI standard.

Best regards
Rolf

PS: As non-C++-specialist, this question is based on a question from
    Martin Bernreuther. The citations are from him.

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