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<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>
<p>The Boost web site provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.
The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library. One
The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library.
The libraries are intended to be widely useful, and are
in regular use by thousands of programmers across a
broad spectrum of applications.</p>
<p>A further
goal is to establish "existing practice" and provide reference implementations
so that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Several
so that Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization.
Ten
Boost libraries will be included in the <a href="http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/">
C++ Standards Committee</a>'s upcoming <a href="http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/library_technical_report.html">
C++ Standard Library Technical Report</a>.</p>
C++ Standard Library Technical Report</a> as a
step toward becoming part of a future C++ Standard.</p>
<p>Although Boost was begun by members of the C++ Standards Committee Library
Working Group, membership has expanded to include nearly two thousand
Working Group, participation has expanded to include thousands
programmers from the C++ community at large.</p>
<h2><a name="Membership">Membership</a></h2>
<p>If you are interested in becoming a member of Boost, please do so by joining
our main developers mailing list. Discussions include both technical and
site-related issues, and members are encouraged to participate in formal
reviews of proposed libraries. There is also a users mailing list.</p>
<h2><a name="Membership">Participation</a></h2>
<p>If you are interested in participating in Boost, please join
our main <a href="more/mailing_lists.htm#main">developers mailing list</a>. Discussions
are highly technical, and list members are encouraged to participate in formal
reviews of proposed libraries. There is also a
<a href="more/mailing_lists.htm#users">users mailing list</a>,
and several <a href="more/mailing_lists.htm#projects">
project specific lists</a>.</p>
<p>Both the main Boost developers list and the users list are also accessible as <a href="more/mailing_lists.htm">
newsgroups</a>.</p>
<h2>Search Boost</h2>
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<h2><a name="Latest News">Latest News</a></h2>
<p>????? 2003 - Version 1.31.0</p>
<p>January 26, 2003 - Version 1.31.0</p>
<ul>
<li>
A unified <a href="more/license_info.html">Boost Software License</a> has been
developed and will replace the individual licenses for most Boost libraries.
developed and will gradually replace the individual licenses for most Boost libraries.
The new license offers better legal protection for both users and developers,
and should speed user's legal reviews of Boost libraries. Dave Abrahams led the
Boost effort to develop better licensing. The legal team was led by <a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/cabell/index.html">
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Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society</a>, Harvard Law School. <a href="http://www.nixonpeabody.com/attorneys_detail1.asp?ID=121">
Devin Smith</a>, attorney, <a href="http://www.nixonpeabody.com/default.asp">Nixon
Peabody LLP</a>, wrote the Boost License. Eva Chan, Harvard Law School,
contributed analysis of issues and drafts of various legal documents.
contributed analysis of issues and drafts of various legal documents.<li>
New <a href="more/getting_started.html">Getting
Started</a> procedures ease download and
installation, from Rene Rivera and others.<li>
Improved support for libraries requiring
<a href="more/separate_compilation.html">separate
compilation</a>, from John Maddock and others.
<li>
<a href="libs/utility/enable_if.html">enable_if</a> added - Selective inclusion
of function template overloads, from Jaakko Järvi, Jeremiah Willcock, and
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added functions, including improved checking for directory and file name
portability.
<li>
<a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>: interface changed
to C++ library <a href="libs/random/wg21-proposal.html">TR proposal</a>,
<a href="libs/iterator/doc/index.html">Iterator
Adaptors Library</a>: Major version upgrade, with
interface changes as proposed for the C++ TR, from
David Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and Thomas Witt.<li>
<a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>:
Interface changed
to match the C++ <a href="libs/random/wg21-proposal.html">TR proposal</a>,
from Jens Maurer.
<LI>
<A href="libs/regex/doc/index.html">Regex</A>: Completely new matching
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<a href="libs/multi_array/index.html">MultiArray</a>: The <tt>multi_array</tt> class
template now provides an element-preserving resize operation as well as default
construction (see the <a href="libs/multi_array/doc/reference.html">reference
manual</a> for more information).
</li>
manual</a> for more information).</li>
<li>
Expanded testing and fixes for non-conforming
compilers.</li>
<li>
Web site hosting now provided by
<a href="http://www.sourceforge.net/">SourceForge</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>August 19, 2003 - Version 1.30.2 (bugfix release)</p>
<ul>
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linear algebra for dense, packed and sparse matrices, from Joerg Walter and
Mathias Koch.</li>
</ul>
<p>May 15, 2002 - Version 1.28.0</p>
<ul>
<li>
The Boost mailing lists are now also accessible as <a href="more/mailing_lists.htm#newsgroup">
newsgroups</a>.
<li>
A powerful <a href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Archives/boost/">mailing
list archive</a> has been contributed by the <a href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN">
ActiveState Programmer Network</a>.
<li>
<a href="libs/lambda/doc/index.html">Lambda Library</a> added, from Jaakko
Järvi and Gary Powell. Define small unnamed function objects at the actual call
site:<br>
<br>
<code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for_each(a.begin(), a.end(), std::cout &lt;&lt; _1
&lt;&lt; ' ');</code><br>
&nbsp;
<li>
<a href="libs/io/doc/ios_state.html">I/O State Saver Library added</a>
- Save I/O state to prevent jumbled data, from Daryle Walker.
<li>
<a href="libs/config/config.htm">Configuration Library</a>: User code should
not use BOOST_NO_LIMITS.
<li>
<a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>: Avoid compiler
warnings
<li>
<a href="libs/smart_ptr/index.html">Smart Pointers Library</a>: Added <a href="libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#shared_polymorphic_cast">
shared_polymorphic_cast</a> and <a href="libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#shared_polymorphic_downcast">
shared_polymorphic_downcast</a>.
<li>
<a href="libs/function/index.html">Function Library</a>: Now supports function
objects with the unary <code>&amp;</code>
operator overloaded.
<li>
<a href="libs/utility/utility.htm">Utility Library</a>: Added <code>addressof()</code>
function.
<li>
The usual small fixes and tweaks.</li>
</ul>
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<p>© Copyright Beman Dawes, David Abrahams, 1998-2003.</p>
<p>
Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <a href="LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>
or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)</p>
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