Re: [boost] asio versus MSVC

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-24 06:34:10

"Dr. Franz Fehringer" <fehrin_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:061801c6976d$3ff973e0$0101010a_at_franz...
> Hello,
>
> On http://asio.sourceforge.net/ among the listed supported 
> systems/compilers
> is
> Win32 using Visual C++ 7.1 and Visual C++ 8.0.
> Are there plans to support Visual C++ 6SP{5,6} also?
> What are the difficulties/obstacles for this to happen?

IMO Chris should not waste even a single moment of his time on VC++ 6.5.

I'd really like to see asio progress to the point where Chris can write a 
full proposal for TR2. That is a lot of work to do between now and the 
October deadline. That work is a far more useful expenditure of Chis' 
effort, IMO.

Download VC++ 8.0 Express edition. It is free. It is highly C++ standards 
compliant. The IDE is also much improved compared to 6.5. Time to move on.

--Beman