Re: [boost] Some statistics about the C++ 11/14 mandatory Boost libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] Some statistics about the C++ 11/14 mandatory Boost libraries
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-18 08:27:15

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Andrey Semashev
> Sent: 14 May 2015 17:54
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] Some statistics about the C++ 11/14 mandatory Boost libraries
> 
> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Niall Douglas <s_sourceforge_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > Boost 1.x is obsolete.
> >
> > It is obsolete because enough of Boost 1.x is now in the STL that you
> > no longer need to use Boost 1.x.
> 
> It feels like either of us is living in a parallel universe, really.

+1 - and I'm not in the Douglas one either :-(

Compiler and language changes are continuous, not strictly quantizable, and so Boost must continue
to track changes as is has from the start.  C++ 11/14 will be followed by C++17 and C++2z ...

I'm entirely unconvinced that the concept of a step change to Boost 2.x is any help at all.

Sorry.

Paul

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