Re: [boost] Boost libraries after C++0x acceptance

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-08 17:47:05

Robert Ramey wrote:

> It was precisely the posting of a question regarding this which
> clarified the question in my own mind.
>
> The existence of a standard in no way effects the "third party"
> status of any particular implmentation.

It does (from legal and support point of view) since there is a single 
supplier, the compiler vendor. If the vendor has been cleared for use (and 
you have to have a compiler cleared for a project), you get the standard 
library for free, but not Boost, you need a separate uphill battle for that. 
Or so I hear.