David Abrahams wrote: I don't know about the priorities of the rest of Boost, but I guess purity is a lower priority for me than some other things. FWIW, this tells me that I made the better choice to observe Boost, but not incorporate it yet if at all. At least, until I know what the highest priority are WRT Boost design. What are the most important issues for the designers of Boost? Please - I'm not trying to offend, but when I'm able to observe Boost's algebra of design issues then it'll mean either that I *can* incorporate Boost or that I need not spend time reading the mailing list anymore. Either way, it'll mean more of the only irreplaceable commodity (time). :) thanks, Brian