Re: [boost] Permanently retire VC++ 6?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-05 14:37:18

"Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> writes:

> If we try to do anything else like agree which should be supported
> and which not we'll end up in interminable round of discussions
> which will never be totally satisfactory. 

I'm not sure; I think we need to give the discussion a chance to get
somewhere (or stagnate) before we'll know.

> Already we have spirit
> which is not supported on some platforms.  

That's not the only such library, either.  Boost.Lambda has required a
"reasonably conforming" compiler for much longer than Spirit has
existed.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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