Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > This sounds very strange to me. Surely this Apache Standard C++ Library > does not offer identical functions to BOOST? Are you in a position to > mandate that what you call "FOSS" (a term invented by US Government > bureaucrats) uses the libraries that you want them to use? This sounds > about as effective as attempting to herd kittens.
I was not aware that the term FOSS was invented by "US Government Bureaucrats". Do you have a reference in support this assertion ? It would have been very helpful to the technical aspects of your post if your extremely helpful comments covering the intricate, yet subtle relationships between the C++ Language Standard, C++ implementations thereof, the Standard C++ Library, BOOST, TR1 and TR2, C++ Partial Template Specializations, Standard C++ Library ABI compatibility, porting BOOST to Sun libCstd.so.1, and submitting patches to boost.org, had been supplemented by an URL, where we could all download patches for BOOST, apply them, compile, and pass all the regression tests, with libCstd.so.1. > BOOST is quite large. There would surely be more value to the community > if interested parties (e.g. at Sun) were to submit source patches so > that the necessary BOOST libraries do compile with the Sun compiler and > run-time. --Stefan -- Stefan Teleman Sun Microsystems, Inc. Stefan.Teleman at Sun.COM
