From 26227424c3efaa80f4177bebcf3ab7db6ebd356b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Beman Dawes Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 18:39:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add "Where did the "Boost" name come from? entry [SVN r11231] --- more/faq.htm | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/more/faq.htm b/more/faq.htm index ffb215c3cb..3ea1e0731d 100644 --- a/more/faq.htm +++ b/more/faq.htm @@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ accepted by the C++ committee for future standardization. Having a library accepted by Boost is one way to establish existing practice.

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Where does the name "Boost" come from? Boost began with +Robert Klarer and I fantasizing about a new library effort over dinner at a C++ +committee meeting in Sofia Antipolis, France. Robert mentioned that Herb Sutter +was working on a spoof proposal for a new language named Booze, which was +supposed to be better than Java. Somehow that kicked off the idea of +"Boost" as a name. We'd probably had a couple of glasses of good +French wine at that point. It was just a working name, but no one ever came up +with a replacement. (Beman Dawes)

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Is the web site a commercial business? No. It is just some people getting together as a kind of cyberspace civic association. If it ever needs to incorporate, it would be as non-profit organization.

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Revised 24 September, 2001