Vicente, On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 6:09 PM Vicente J. Botet Escriba <
Some of us have to work yet with C++98 compiler at work (due to well know reasons) and this for a long time. This is a reality.
I was wondering about forking a public domain C++11/14/17 standard library and adapt it to C++98 compilers. This library could be seen as another TR1, an extension of the C++03 standard library.
Does this make any sens? Would this project be of interest for the Boost/C++ community?
Just got to read this suggestion of yours. It seems like a noble cause... but please let me express my doubts. I suspect that'll be a *lot* of effort. I suspect some C++11 functionality will have to be re-implemented! All that will take time... The problem is that you start on a project with limited usefulness timeframe. As time progresses you'll be serving ever-shrinking pool of customers. More so, the existing installations are unlikely to need such a C++11 emulation. Those installations already have their environment set... old and preserved C++03. Just my thoughts. Can easily be wrong. I usually am. V.