Or get completely off the circus and just go header-only On 08/29/2018 08:43 AM, Mike Dev via Boost wrote: I don't see the connection to the c++03 discussion, but other than that: Sure, why not. If time to hello world is a concern, one can still use vcpkg, conan, homebrew or the system package manager (where available). But please, please add a prominent explanation to the getting started pages (e.g. [1]https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/more/getting_start ed/windows.html) how I can compile boost using a particular language standard and a particular compiler. Sorry, but I can resists: It would be so nice, if boost would just use cmake ;) _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: [2]http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boo st References 1. https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/more/getting_started/windows.html 2. http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost