Eric Niebler wrote:
This is probably getting off topic for Boost, but: Are you sure on this point? My understanding was that there would be general support for "generics" in managed languages, but that this is specifically not the current the C++ template mechanism.
Yes, it's off-topic, and yes, he's right. :-) C++/CLI (the next version of Managed C++) will support both generics *and* managed templates.
Actually it's not off-topic. They already ported their STL to that version of Managed C++. I can imagine some people may want to run their boost programs too. I don't think it would be even that hard... Think of it as just another C++ platform. The new Managed C++ is just as on-topic here as Metrowerks 8 on OS X or Intel C++ on Itanium :).