[boost] Re: Rationale for library name convention [Was: Dot in Boost Library Names?]

Kresimir Fresl wrote:

[...] David.Abrahams Boost.Consulting

Kresimir.Fresl Faculty.Of.Civil.Engineering

Sorry. Can't resist.

Shouldn't that be: "Sorry.Can'tResist"? ;> MPL "is-a-member-of" Boost. Hence, "Boost.MPL". Abrahams "is-not-a-member-of" David. Hence, "David Abrahams". I see the dot operator as the member selection operator, which is why it seemed perfectly natural to me to name libraries with that format. Dave