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                                <p>February 5, 2002 - Version 1.27.0</p>
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                                        <a href="libs/python/doc/index.html">Python Library</a>: Scott Snyder 
                                    contributed inplace operator support.
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                                        <a href="libs/function/index.html">Function Library</a>: user may request that <code>
                                            boost::function</code> objects store a reference to a function object 
                                        target instead of a copy, using <a href="libs/bind/ref.html"><code>ref</code></a>. 
                                    Stateless objects are optimized so that they require no dynamic storage.
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                                        <a href="libs/math/quaternion/index.html">Quaternions</a>: added support 
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                                        <a href="libs/smart_ptr/index.htm">Smart Pointers Library</a>: Peter Dimov 
                                        contributed a new implementation that fixes some bugs and adds some features 
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                                        <a href="libs/preprocessor/doc/index.html">Preprocessor Library</a>: changed 
                                        macro prefix from BOOST_PREPROCESSOR to BOOST_PP, added support for list data 
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                                        <a href="libs/thread/doc/index.html">Threads Library:</a>
                                    Mac Carbon implementation contributed by Mac Murrett.
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                                        Minor fixes to many libraries.</li>
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