Hi Everyone, I have a question that may appear somewhat strange-). I am working with Partial Template Specialization and in particular how VC++ 7.1's upcoming compiler supports it 100%. To that end, I would like to look at and compile Boost code that makes particular use of this 1) to make sure it compiles 2) show it working with VC++ 7.1, 3) Able to grok in fairly short period of time and use in small pieces of demo code. I see a lot of interesting possible things in Boost but 2 things that came to mind: Smart Pointers (scoped_ptr) and concepts. Are there better ones for my purposes and/or better "consumers" of partial templates? Tangential question: I have been reading Alexandrescu's Modern C++ Design and am fascinated with his Policy Based Design. I am a novice in the area of Generic Programming (having been in the managed world the last 2 years) but was wondering if these were the same things as Concepts or related? I'm sorry if these questions seem kind of silly but I appreciate everyone's patience. Sam Gentile .NET Consultant ManagedCode@attbi.com http://www.samgentile.com http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]