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Subject: Re: [boost] [mpl] Abandoning old compilers
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-01 10:04:21


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of John Maddock
> Sent: 28 February 2015 18:58
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> Subject: Re: [boost] [mpl] Abandoning old compilers

> Or to put it another way - if you're going to change
> such a core library, then the gains had better be big ones, otherwise best leave alone.

+1

FWIW

Paul

PS Better start again with Son of MPL (but perhaps we have that in gestation in Hana?).

MPL was always forcing something do things that it want not meant to.

It is grotesque compared to a language feature doing it properly?


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