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<p>The Boost web site provides free peer-reviewed portable
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- C++ source libraries. The emphasis is on libraries which
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- work well with the C++ Standard Library. The libraries are
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- intended to be widely useful, and are in regular use by
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- thousands of programmers across a broad spectrum of
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- applications.</p>
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+ C++ source libraries.</p>
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+
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+ <p>The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the
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+ C++ Standard Library. The libraries are intended to be
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+ widely useful, and usable by thousands of programmers
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+ across a broad spectrum of applications. The <a href=
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+ "more/license_info.html">Boost license</a> encourages both
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+ commercial and non-commercial use.</p>
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<p>A further goal is to establish "existing practice" and
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provide reference implementations so that Boost libraries
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are suitable for eventual standardization. Ten Boost
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- libraries will be included in the <a href=
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- "http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/">C++ Standards
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- Committee</a>'s upcoming <a href=
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- "http://open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/library_technical_report.html">
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- C++ Standard Library Technical Report</a> as a step toward
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- becoming part of a future C++ Standard.</p>
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-
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- <p>Although Boost was begun by members of the C++ Standards
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- Committee Library Working Group, participation has expanded
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- to include thousands of programmers from the C++ community
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- at large.</p>
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+ libraries are already included in the <a href=
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+ "http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21">C++ Standards
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+ Committee's</a> Library Technical Report (<a href=
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+ "http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1745.pdf">TR1</a>)
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+ as a step toward becoming part of a future C++ Standard.
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+ More Boost libraries will part of the upcoming <a href=
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+ "http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1810.html">
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+ TR2</a>.</p>
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+
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+ <p class="faq"><span class="faq-question">Getting
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+ started.</span> <span class="faq-answer">You can <a href=
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+ "more/getting_started.html">download, build, and
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+ install</a> the latest Boost release from <a href=
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+ "http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041">
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+ SourceForge</a>. Popular Linux and Unix distributions such
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+ as <a href="http://fedora.redhat.com/">Fedora</a>, <a href=
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+ "http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a>, and <a href=
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+ "http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a> also include pre-built
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+ Boost packages. Or Boost may already be available on your
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+ organization's internal web server.</span></p>
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+
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+ <p class="faq"><span class=
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+ "faq-question">Background.</span> <span class=
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+ "faq-answer">The <a href="more/background.html">background
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+ information page</a> has introductory material that may be
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+ of interest to managers wondering if their organization
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+ should use Boost.</span></p>
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+ <p>Although Boost was begun by members of the C++ Standards
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+ Committee Library Working Group, participation has expanded
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+ to include thousands of programmers from the C++ community
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+ at large.</p>
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+
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<p>If you are interested in participating in Boost, please
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join our main <a href=
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"more/mailing_lists.htm#main">developers mailing list</a>.
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Ottosen.</li>
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<li><span class="library"><a href=
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- "libs/wave/index.html">Wave</a>:</span> Standards conformant
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- implementation of the mandated C99/C++ preprocessor
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- functionality packed behind an easy to use iterator
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- interface, from Hartmut Kaiser.</li>
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+ "libs/wave/index.html">Wave</a>:</span> Standards
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+ conformant implementation of the mandated C99/C++
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+ preprocessor functionality packed behind an easy to use
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+ iterator interface, from Hartmut Kaiser.</li>
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<h4>Updated Libraries</h4>
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- "doc/html/date_time.html">Date-Time
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- Library</a>:</span>
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+ "doc/html/date_time.html">Date-Time Library</a>:</span>
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<ul>
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- <li>Added <a href="doc/html/date_time/local_time.html">
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- local time and time zone classes</a>.</li>
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+ <li>Added <a href=
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+ "doc/html/date_time/local_time.html">local time and
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+ time zone classes</a>.</li>
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- <li>Added <a href="doc/html/date_time/date_time_io.html">
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- format-based Input/Output facets</a>.</li>
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+ <li>Added <a href=
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+ "doc/html/date_time/date_time_io.html">format-based
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+ Input/Output facets</a>.</li>
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<li>For a complete list of changes, see the library
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- <a href="doc/html/date_time/details.html#date_time.changes">
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- change history</a>.</li>
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+ <a href=
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+ "doc/html/date_time/details.html#date_time.changes">change
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+ history</a>.</li>
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range</code> like <code>front(), back()</code> and
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<code>operator[]()</code>.</li>
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- <li><span class="library"><a href=
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- "libs/regex/index.html">Regex Library</a>:</span>
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+ <li>
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+ <span class="library"><a href=
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+ "libs/regex/index.html">Regex Library</a>:</span>
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- <li>Rewritten front end parser now supports (?imsx-imsx) constructs,
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- plus lookbehind assertions and conditional expressions.</li>
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- <li>Thin wrapper classes improve integration with MFC/ATL code.</li>
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- <li>Full (optional) Unicode support via the ICU library.</li>
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- </ul>
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- Refer to the <a href="libs/regex/doc/history.html">regex history page</a> for more
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- information on these and other small changes.
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+ <li>Rewritten front end parser now supports
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+ (?imsx-imsx) constructs, plus lookbehind assertions
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+ and conditional expressions.</li>
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+
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+ <li>Thin wrapper classes improve integration with
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+ MFC/ATL code.</li>
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+
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+ <li>Full (optional) Unicode support via the ICU
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+ library.</li>
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+ </ul>Refer to the <a href=
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+ "libs/regex/doc/history.html">regex history page</a>
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+ for more information on these and other small changes.
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<li><a href="people/people.htm">People</a></li>
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- <li><a href="doc/html/who_s_using_boost_.html">Who's Using Boost?</a></li>
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+ <li><a href=
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+ "doc/html/who_s_using_boost_.html">Who's Using
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+ Boost?</a></li>
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Beman Dawes