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<h1>Welcome to Boost.org!</h1>
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<p>??? - Version 1.25.0
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<p>August 19, 2001 - Version 1.24.0
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<li><a href="libs/tokenizer/index.htm">Tokenizer Library</a> added. Break a
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<li><a href="libs/math/special_functions/index.html">Special functions</a>,
<a href="libs/math/octonion/index.html">octonions</a>,
<a href="libs/math/quaternion/index.html">quaternions</a> added,
from Hubert Holin.
<li><a href="libs/smart_ptr/smart_ptr.htm">Smart Pointer Library</a>:
shared_ptr polymorphic pointers now work on more broken compilers.</li>
<li><a href="status/cs-aix.html">IBM/Aix</a> Compiler status table contributed
by Toon Knapen</li>
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<p>May 25, 2001 - Version 1.22.0
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<p>April 24, 2001 - Version 1.21.2
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Grosse-Kunstleve, and help for missing standard library <limits>
header from Jens Maurer. (These are unreviewed implementation
libraries, treated as maintenance steps only.)</li>
<li><a href="libs/random/index.html">Random Number Library</a>: Split into separate headers, updated documentation, added lagged_fibonacci generator.</li>
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<p>March 14, 2001 - Version 1.21.1</p>
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<li><a href="libs/graph/doc/index.html">Graph Library</a>: Minor docs fixes.</li>
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