is i like to have free cross platform network/thread/xml static lib

what the best c++ libs that are simple to use and have no problems to compile in the windows express vs 2008 compilers ? is it best to use different libs for each purpose or to use one gene开发者_开发百科ric lib ?

Boost has all two of those.

It's free, it's an industry standard, very robust, thoroughly tested, and simple to use.

For XML, many people use TinyXML.

(edit: I lied, thought Boost had XML for some reason...)

I'd use Boost for network & threading. And xerses for parsing XML. Check this question also.

QT has support for these. See the examples, see how to install

• network Boost.Asio
• threading Boost.Thread
• XML tinyXML

POCO has all of it. And it's easy to use as well.