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I think most boost users are pretty much power-users (for better or worse).

Sure, so I guess the question is more like this: If we accept the premise that the intended users of the toolkit aren't power users, then does it make sense for boost to include? I think you have a valid point that maybe it's not appropriate for boost. But at the same time, I figured that since it's built so directly off of boost, it might be helpful. Then again, maybe the best place for the equation toolkit is in a different toolkit bundle...?

Im sure you'd get a really great response on a numerical analysis type forum (I think there is a newsgroup sci.math.num-analysis or something) Sohail