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Wayne Johnson writes:

I'm new to the Boost libraries and becoming reacquainted with C++ after many years of using other languages. As recommended in section 5.1 of the "Getting Started on Windows", I visited the BoostPro website to find a Windows 7 installer for v1.48.0 to use with VS C++ 2010. In response to a followup message to BoostPro sales about the lack of an installer for the latest version, I was told:

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"We don't have an installer at this time, and we are shortly about to remove that section from our website.  The Boost build instructions can be found here ..."

Will there be no more Windows binary installers for the libraries or did I misunderstand?

Hi Wayne, What BoostPro does not have for 1.48 -- and has never made free to the public for any version -- are 64-bit installers for Windows. That was a paid service which we are now discontinuing. We may choose to make 64-bit installers freely available, time permitting, but we haven't finalized that decision yet. It's a bit of work to provide that service, and our plates have been overfull with paying work recently. -- John Wiegley BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com