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@@ -33,26 +33,45 @@ <div class="section-body-0"> <div class="section-body-1"> <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. The libraries are - intended to be widely useful, and are in regular use by - thousands of programmers across a broad spectrum of - applications.</p> + C++ source libraries.</p> + + <p>The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the + C++ Standard Library. The libraries are intended to be + widely useful, and usable by thousands of programmers + across a broad spectrum of applications. The <a href= + "more/license_info.html">Boost license</a> encourages both + commercial and non-commercial use.</p> <p>A further goal is to establish "existing practice" and provide reference implementations so that Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Ten Boost - libraries will be included in the <a href= - "http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/">C++ Standards - Committee</a>'s upcoming <a href= - "http://open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/library_technical_report.html"> - 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, participation has expanded - to include thousands of programmers from the C++ community - at large.</p> + libraries are already included in the <a href= + "http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21">C++ Standards + Committee's</a> Library Technical Report (<a href= + "http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1745.pdf">TR1</a>) + as a step toward becoming part of a future C++ Standard. + More Boost libraries will part of the upcoming <a href= + "http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1810.html"> + TR2</a>.</p> + + <p class="faq"><span class="faq-question">Getting + started.</span> <span class="faq-answer">You can <a href= + "more/getting_started.html">download, build, and + install</a> the latest Boost release from <a href= + "http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=8041"> + SourceForge</a>. Popular Linux and Unix distributions such + as <a href="http://fedora.redhat.com/">Fedora</a>, <a href= + "http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a>, and <a href= + "http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a> also include pre-built + Boost packages. Or Boost may already be available on your + organization's internal web server.</span></p> + + <p class="faq"><span class= + "faq-question">Background.</span> <span class= + "faq-answer">The <a href="more/background.html">background + information page</a> has introductory material that may be + of interest to managers wondering if their organization + should use Boost.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> @@ -159,6 +178,11 @@ <div class="section-body"> <div class="section-body-0"> <div class="section-body-1"> + <p>Although Boost was begun by members of the C++ Standards + Committee Library Working Group, participation has expanded + to include thousands of programmers from the C++ community + at large.</p> + <p>If you are interested in participating in Boost, please join our main <a href= "more/mailing_lists.htm#main">developers mailing list</a>. @@ -272,10 +296,10 @@ Ottosen.</li> <li><span class="library"><a href= - "libs/wave/index.html">Wave</a>:</span> Standards conformant - implementation of the mandated C99/C++ preprocessor - functionality packed behind an easy to use iterator - interface, from Hartmut Kaiser.</li> + "libs/wave/index.html">Wave</a>:</span> Standards + conformant implementation of the mandated C99/C++ + preprocessor functionality packed behind an easy to use + iterator interface, from Hartmut Kaiser.</li> </ul> <h4>Updated Libraries</h4> @@ -292,19 +316,21 @@ <li> <span class="library"><a href= - "doc/html/date_time.html">Date-Time - Library</a>:</span> + "doc/html/date_time.html">Date-Time Library</a>:</span> <ul> - <li>Added <a href="doc/html/date_time/local_time.html"> - local time and time zone classes</a>.</li> + <li>Added <a href= + "doc/html/date_time/local_time.html">local time and + time zone classes</a>.</li> - <li>Added <a href="doc/html/date_time/date_time_io.html"> - format-based Input/Output facets</a>.</li> + <li>Added <a href= + "doc/html/date_time/date_time_io.html">format-based + Input/Output facets</a>.</li> <li>For a complete list of changes, see the library - <a href="doc/html/date_time/details.html#date_time.changes"> - change history</a>.</li> + <a href= + "doc/html/date_time/details.html#date_time.changes">change + history</a>.</li> </ul> </li> @@ -422,16 +448,23 @@ range</code> like <code>front(), back()</code> and <code>operator[]()</code>.</li> - <li><span class="library"><a href= - "libs/regex/index.html">Regex Library</a>:</span> + <li> + <span class="library"><a href= + "libs/regex/index.html">Regex Library</a>:</span> + <ul> - <li>Rewritten front end parser now supports (?imsx-imsx) constructs, - plus lookbehind assertions and conditional expressions.</li> - <li>Thin wrapper classes improve integration with MFC/ATL code.</li> - <li>Full (optional) Unicode support via the ICU library.</li> - </ul> - Refer to the <a href="libs/regex/doc/history.html">regex history page</a> for more - information on these and other small changes. + <li>Rewritten front end parser now supports + (?imsx-imsx) constructs, plus lookbehind assertions + and conditional expressions.</li> + + <li>Thin wrapper classes improve integration with + MFC/ATL code.</li> + + <li>Full (optional) Unicode support via the ICU + library.</li> + </ul>Refer to the <a href= + "libs/regex/doc/history.html">regex history page</a> + for more information on these and other small changes. </li> <li><span class="library"><a href= @@ -510,7 +543,9 @@ <li><a href="people/people.htm">People</a></li> - <li><a href="doc/html/who_s_using_boost_.html">Who's Using Boost?</a></li> + <li><a href= + "doc/html/who_s_using_boost_.html">Who's Using + Boost?</a></li> <li><a href= "more/moderators.html">Moderators</a></li> @@ -566,7 +601,8 @@ <div id="revised"> <p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan --> - <!-- #BeginDate format:Sw1 -->8 May, 2005<!-- #EndDate --> + <!-- #BeginDate format:Sw1 -->8 May, 2005 + <!-- #EndDate --> <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40407" --></p> </div> @@ -590,8 +626,8 @@ <div id="banners"> <p><a href= "http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer"><img class="c1" - src="more/w3c_valid_xhtml10.png" alt= - "Valid XHTML 1.0!" /></a></p> + src="more/w3c_valid_xhtml10.png" alt= + "Valid XHTML 1.0!" /></a></p> <p><a href= "http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer"> @@ -601,7 +637,7 @@ <p><a href="http://sourceforge.net"><img class= "c1" src= "http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=7586&type=1" - alt="SourceForge.net" /></a></p> + alt="SourceForge.net" /></a></p> </div> </div> </div> @@ -631,5 +667,3 @@ </div> </body> </html> - - |