Re: [boost] [1.51][Release] Short release cycle

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.51][Release] Short release cycle
From: Nevin Liber (nevin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-30 15:51:30

On 30 June 2012 10:43, Lars Viklund <zao_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> There's a major difference between C++98 and C++11.
> Before '98, there was no standard.
> Before '11, there is a perfectly usable standard that bajillions depend
> on.
>

And there is a perfectly useable Boost they can use with it.

> I'm just fearing that there'll be more premature C++11 taint by the day
> in Boost, making it less and less usable on C++03 as versions come out.
>

Why is it premature?  It doesn't make Boost less useable on C++03; it just
means that less and less *new* libraries will be for that dead end dialect
of C++.--
 Nevin ":-)" Liber  <mailto:nevin_at_[hidden]>  [phone]