On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:46 PM, chin wrote:

HI,

We are planning to use Boost version 1.39 on Windows. In docs i found the following:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compilers Tested

Boost's primary test compilers are:

o          Linux: o                        GCC 4.3.3 on Ubuntu Linux.

o          Windows: o                        Visual C++ 7.1 SP1, 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP1 on Windows XP.

Boost's additional test compilers include:

o          Linux: o                        Intel 9.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        Intel 10.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        Intel 10.1 on 64-bit Linux Redhat 5.1 Server. o                        Intel 10.1 on Suse Linux on 64 bit Itanium. o                        Intel 11.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        Intel 11.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        GCC 3.4.3, GCC 4.0.1, GCC 4.2.4, GCC 4.3.3 and GCC 4.4.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        GCC 4.3.3 and GCC 4.4.0 with C++0x extensions on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        GCC 4.1.1, 4.2.1 on 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        GCC 4.1.2 on Suse Linux on 64 bit Itanium. o                        GCC 4.1.2 on 64-bit Redhat Server 5.1. o                        GCC Open64 4.2.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        GCC 4.3.4 on Debian unstable. o                        QLogic PathScale(TM) Compiler Suite: Version 3.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        GCC version 4.2.0 (PathScale 3.2 driver) on 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux. o                        Sun 5.9 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

o          Windows: o                        Visual C++ 7.1 on XP. o                        Visual C++ 9.0 on XP. o                        Visual C++ 9.0 on Vista. o                        Visual C++ 9.0 on Vista 64-bit. o                        Visual C++ 9.0, using STLport 5.2, on XP and Windows Mobile 5.0. o                        Visual C++ 10.0 beta. o                        Borland 5.9.3, 6.1.0, 6.1.3. o                        Borland C++ Builder 2007 and 2009. o                        Intel C++ 11.1, with a Visual C++ 9.0 backend, on Vista 32-bit. o                        Intel C++ 11.1, with a Visual C++ 9.0 backend, on Vista 64-bit. o                        GCC 4.3.3 and 4.4.0, on Mingw with C++0x features.

o          Solaris: o                        Sun C++ 5.7, 5.8, 5.9 on Solaris 5.10. o                        GCC 3.4.6 on Solaris 5.10.

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My concern is: We are supposed to use Boost both for Linux and Solaris, but the compilers being used are slightly old. On Debian Linux we have GCC 3.3 and on Solaris we have Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3.

Is Boost compatible with these versions?  Does this list mean that Boost is not compatible with older versions of Compiler?

*Some* of the libraries inside boost will work on that. However, most will not. That is a very old and very broken compiler, the broken part is the important part. As stated though, it depends on what sub-libraries you wish to use. You might be better off just using a much older version of Boost.