Re: [boost] [parameter] Go C++11 and above only, or keep C++03 support?

-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Richard Hodges via Boost Sent: 05 November 2018 17:20 To: boost@lists.boost.org Cc: Richard Hodges Subject: Re: [boost] [parameter] Go C++11 and above only, or keep C++03 support?

On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 20:38, degski via Boost wrote:

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On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 14:26, Paul A. Bristow via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:

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then you should do so, in order to avoid, as RyanAir CEO Michael O'Leary put it

"We should try to eliminate things that unnecessarily piss people off,"

(See

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ryanair/ryanair-unveils-new-strategy-be-n...

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for sordid details)

Michael O'Leary talks a lot of shit, the quoted article is from 2013, in the meanwhile Michael O'Leary has come up with ideas like [but not limited to], travel standing up (strapped in on departure and arrival), paying to go to the loo and of course the 6-monthly change in baggage-policy [can he ever make up his mind?]. His company also violates [continuously] EU labor- and tax-law, basically takes people for granted, both personnel and customers, and makes DT look civilized.

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Let's not try and learn from Michael O'Leary, because in that case you'd have to pay extra to have C++03 support and Boost would be fully C++17.

On this I am fully with Michael O'Leary. The argument for staying with c++03 is the same as the argument for staying with the biplane. Fun for nostalgic airshows but utterly useless as a business tool.

You guys have obviously never booked, tried to boo, or even worse, flown with RyanAir!

Michael O'Leary talks a lot of shit, the quoted article is from 2013,

indeed, and that was why they shut him up! (For a while at least). However, I still believe "We should try to eliminate things that unnecessarily piss people off," and gratuitously making things C++11 will undoubtedly do that for some, while NOT using C++XX enhancements with annoy others. So if it isn’t a load of trouble, do both. If it is BIG trouble, do the C++XX best thing. Paul --- Paul A. Bristow Prizet Farmhouse Kendal UK LA8 8AB +44 (0) 1539 561830