[boost] Re: Front page redesign...

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-02 17:35:23

Rob Stewart wrote:
> From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
> 
>>Rob Stewart wrote:
>> >
>> > From whence do these principles come?  I find them reasonable
>> > guidelines, but hardly unbending rules.
>>
>>I learned them in school and they are supported by
>>Addison-Wesley as I found out while writing a book recently.  I
>>think they use the Chicago Manual of Style as a base document.
>>Authoritative enough for you?
> 
> 
> That's reasonably authoritative, but must those principles govern
> the Boost home page?

We can of course choose to make up our own rules, but the standard ones 
are, well, standard.  I'm not going to argue that there's a good reason 
for them (though people have probably come up with reasons), but 
anything else looks odd.  So that's reason enough in my book ;-)

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com