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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-09 09:49:19
Jeff Garland <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>> "Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>>
>>> for Regex (and other libraries as well of course), we already have
>>> b) above - so what's the point "adding it to the standard" - which
>>> seems to me a lot of work for very little practical benefit.
>>
>> There are lots of people who don't have permission to use any
>> libraries that aren't either standard or shipped by Microsoft.
>
> Yeah, I concur with that. In my experience, there's still alot of folks that
> can't use Boost because they are basically required to *buy* the things they
> use for development or for some other legal reasons I could never
> understand.
FWIW, Boost Consulting will be happy to sell them a DVD.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com
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