Re: [boost] [Removing support for old compilers]

Subject: Re: [boost] [Removing support for old compilers]
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-14 16:57:03

On Monday 14 October 2013 21:38:20 Peter Dimov wrote:
> Andrey Semashev wrote:
> > My understanding is that the most immediate benefit is exactly for Boost
> > library maintainers.
> 
> I can assure you as a maintainer that I see no immediate benefit. Perhaps my
> experience is atypical.

Just looking at the amount of hoops Boost.MPL has to jump though makes me 
think that the idea of dropping some compilers is not so bad. And I'd sure be 
happier if there were less #ifs in Boost.Log, although it may just be 
deficiency of my coding kung fu.