Rob Stewart wrote:
From: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>
Rob Stewart wrote:
From whence do these principles come? I find them reasonable guidelines, but hardly unbending rules.
I learned them in school and they are supported by Addison-Wesley as I found out while writing a book recently. I think they use the Chicago Manual of Style as a base document. Authoritative enough for you?
That's reasonably authoritative, but must those principles govern the Boost home page?
We can of course choose to make up our own rules, but the standard ones are, well, standard. I'm not going to argue that there's a good reason for them (though people have probably come up with reasons), but anything else looks odd. So that's reason enough in my book ;-) -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com