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From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-06 09:25:49


On Mar 3, 2006, at 12:02 AM, Scott Meyers wrote:
> However, a recent mention on this list of QuickBook, which I had
> never heard of,
> led me via Google to http://www.boost.org/doc/html/boostbook.html,
> which is in
> the middle the BoostBook David mentions above -- something else I
> had never
> heard of. Working my way up the path from there led me to
> http://www.boost.org/doc/html/, which is another listing of
> libraries in Boost,
> but this one is much shorter than the one above.

That second, shorter list of libraries should be obliterated. I've
removed it for upcoming Boost versions.

> Until I read David's post
> above, I was planning to post a question asking about the
> relationship between
> the two lists of libraries. Now I'll simply remark that the
> current situation
> is, in my view, confusing. Given that the BoostBook is far from
> complete, what
> is its purpose?

It was originally meant as a replacement for the first list, but
that's not going to happen.

        Doug


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