Re: C++11 on up Boost libraries

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-12-31 02:07:24

On 12/30/2020 8:47 PM, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 5:28 PM Edward Diener via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> ...
> 
> This whole thread reminds me of the old joke, "How many Boost authors
> does it take to list the minimum C++ version required for a library?"

I will not say that a Boost library is more complicated than a light 
bulb, because the ghost of Thomas Alva Edison as well as electrical 
engineers would object, but light bulb sockets have largely been 
standardized, at leats here in the US, whereas C++'s standardization is 
a moving target.