Re: [jamboost] Re: visual studio boost installation

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-08 23:32:38

At Sunday 2004-12-05 10:16, you wrote:

>--- In jamboost_at_[hidden], "indrikis" <indrikis_at_y...> wrote:
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> > Has anyone succeeded in installing the Boost library with Microsoft
> > Visual C++?
> > I haven't been able to get it to work - the instructions on Boost
> > (compiling with Boost Jam) don't seem to work.
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> > Aleks D.
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>Same with me. Reading the config.hpp file that produces an error
>message, it seems boost designers deemed Visual C++ as a "lesser
>compiler" (sic).
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>I guess that means you cannot compile booost on Visual Studio 6.0.

correct, Visual Studio 6.0 IS a lesser compiler, it's so far from the 
standard that _I_ think it's fraud calling it C++ at all. (clearly that's a 
personal opinion). I've argued for some time that support for vc++6.0 (the 
compiler in vs6) should be completely dropped. The costs of continuing to 
try are getting astronomical.

>I hope I am wrong, but seeking for help in the Boost documentation
>is like hitting a brick wall.
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>:(((
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>Pete
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