>>Seems to be working on this stuff as at about 2 am I figured out how to get the Boost C++ libraries to compile for Win 64 bit and now my OpenFAST project links and compiles in anticipation of my first session with my mentor tonight.
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>That has always been my biggest frustration with C or C++ - getting (redacted) to compile. The code can be perfect but you still receive 10,000 errors during compile because of some compiler switch. The build process can be as complex as the app. itself. It wouldn't be as bad if this were the same between compilers but it's not so you're back to trying to interpret someone else's make file, or build process and figuring out how to translate that into what you're currently doing.
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>I did find Boost to actually be pretty good in that respect - the docs do a decent job explaining how to build and integrate their library.
The specific problem I ran into with boost was that I have both VS2010 and VS2012 on this box so without the toolset switch I kept getting VC110 which was not what QuickFAST wanted when implementing the libraries as they were setup for VS2010 all the way.
Once I figured that I it was better.
Really does make me glad I don't deal with C++ any more than I have to though.
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