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The Boost web site provides free, peer-reviewed, C++ libraries. The emphasis is on portable libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library.

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If you are interested in who writes the libraries and maintains the web site, check out people.

The FAQ answers questions we hope someone will bother to ask.

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See Compiler Status to find out what library works with which compiler.

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If you are interested in Boost, please join our mailing list for discussions of both technical and site-related issues, and to participate in formal reviews of proposed libraries. Discussions can be received via email in summary or in full, or viewed online via a web browser. We use the eGroups list hosting service. Subscribe or unsubscribe by sending email to boost-subscribe@egroups.com  or boost-unsubscribe@egroups.com respectively, or go to the mailing list home page.  Dave Abrahams, Beman Dawes, and Jens Maurer are the list moderators.

Boost also has a low-volume announce-only mailing list which announces upcoming formal reviews and software releases.

For mailing list members only, preliminary libraries under discussion are available from the eGroups Files section (formerly called the "vault").

Beman Dawes is the Boost webmaster; email him at beman@esva.net with any concerns you don't want to just post to the mailing list.

Latest News

March ?, 2001 - Version 1.21.0

February 10, 2001 - Version 1.20.2

January 10, 2001 - Version 1.20.1

January 6, 2001 - Version 1.20.0

December 10, 2000 - Version 1.19.0

November 18, 2000 - Version 1.18.3

November 3, 2000 - Version 1.18.2


Revised 08 March 2001