Re: [boost] A possible date for dropping c++03 support

Subject: Re: [boost] A possible date for dropping c++03 support
From: Tim Blechmann (tim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-08-26 07:01:37

> By then, all major toolchains have had solid c++11 support for at least 5
> years ( I think, msvc was the last one with VS2015) and at least partial
> support for 7+ years (gcc 4.8, msvc 2013, clang 3.3).

compilers are one thing, compiler adoption is another ... i remember
that in the past "stable" linux distributions provided compilers that
were considered as "outdated", but that were used in production on HPC
systems.
but maybe this is less of an issue these days ..