Re: [Boost-users] Any update on a form of boost::threads getting into the C++ 0x standard?

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-26 14:01:07

On Jul 26, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Tim St. Clair wrote:

> I agree w/Graham & Lothar, and it seems rather silly to stifle C+ 
> +0x on such a debate.
>
> I understand the reasoning behind it, but at the same time one must  
> also weigh the costs of being pedandtic about such things.  What if  
> C++0x *did not* have thread support, because the committee could  
> not agree on some ideas?  From my perspective, I think that would  
> be a bad decision.

The C++ committee will not ship the C++0x standard without thread  
support, period. They'll argue, they'll haggle, but in the end we'll  
get *something*.

        - Doug