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Subject: Re: [boost] transforming ex. boost lib into C++11-only lib?
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-22 15:45:29


El 22/01/2015 a las 16:37, Ben Pope escribió:
> In my personal opinion, I would say go for it (I've upgraded to C++14 on
> multiple compilers and platforms); anybody that cannot upgrade to a
> C++11 compiler should either fight harder, do it anyway and then ask for
> forgiveness, or change jobs (in that order).

In many industrial environments you need to maintain C++98 code for many
years. I'm not saying they should use Boost, but that's also real life.
I plan to maintain C++03 for many years in my libraries.

Best,

Ion


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