Re: [boost] Why "Boost"?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-24 12:43:22

At 12:13 PM 9/24/2001, Jim.Hyslop wrote:

 >Just out of curiosity, why was the name "Boost" chosen?

Herb Sutter had been working on a spoof proposal for a new language named 
Booze, which was supposed to be better than Java.

Robert Klarer mentioned that in Sofia Antipolis, France, when we were 
fantasizing about a new library effort, and somehow that kicked off the 
idea of "Boost" as a name.  We'd probably had a couple of glasses of good 
French wine at that point.  It was just a working name, but no one ever 
came up with a replacement.

 >Is it because it
 >gives programmers a boost in productivity?

Let's hope so!

--Beman