re: Hoard info in docs

[David Sugar]

Actually what we have done is created a simple autoconf macro, 
OST_CCXX2_HOARD, that one can use in the configure.in to make it easy to use 
hoard in packages that use GNU Common C++ if it's installed on your system.  
It would be nice if the autoconf package included a hoard macro.

For any (threaded) application that is likely to run on a SMP platform it 
makes a great deal of sense to use hoard, and I am not aware of it having 
very significent performance penalties when used on uniprocessor machines.  
In fact, at one time we had also distributed GNU Bayonne with the hoard being 
listed as a "required" library and we still distribute it setup to use the 
hoard if it is found on the build machine.  In that I love to do threaded 
applications, I think it is a shame none of the GNU Linux vendors have chosen 
to include hoard as a standard part of their distribution.

I will add something about hoard to the Common C++ readme and such.

Emery writes:

Hi,

I've noticed that the Common C++ package makes it easy to use my Hoard
memory manager. Thanks! I did want to suggest, though, that you include
a link to the webpage (www.hoard.org <http://www.hoard.org/> ) to make
it easier for folks to find Hoard. Also, if you have any issues with
Hoard, please don't hesitate to let me know.