Re: [boost] Boost Foundation, Boost, and the Beman Project

On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 4:30 PM René Ferdinand Rivera Morell via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:

On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM Ion Gaztañaga via Boost wrote:

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So definitely Boost's original goal was not to create libraries for the standard, but to be a repository of top-quality C++ libraries.

Indeed. But for me it was good to hear direct confirmation from someone who was there at the start.

I reached out to Dave Abrahams and this was his response: The “additional goal” certainly loomed large in my mind. The way I understood it, the whole discussion started because Beman was asking where we would get libraries with existing practice for the next standard. So, two possibilities: 1. My impression of the original intent is incorrect 2. It was decided that the best way to fulfill that goal was to incubate a general library collection It's possible it was some combination. Feel free to share this. Obviously, I wasn't there for the original discussion; you'd have to check with Robert Klarer for a first-hand account.