Twenty years and time to retire
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now. Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future! --Beman
Thank You Beman! Boost wouldn't be what it is today without all the work you did back in those early years. Yours, Gary Powell Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: Beman Dawes via Boost Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2018 7:20 AM To: Boost Developers List; Boost users list; Boost announce list Reply To: boost@lists.boost.org Cc: Beman Dawes Subject: [boost] Twenty years and time to retire The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now. Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future! --Beman _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 9:20 AM Beman Dawes via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
Thank you! If it wasn't for Boost, and my search for a build system, I wouldn't be involved in the wonderful C++ community. Thank you for doing so much to advance C++! -- -- Rene Rivera -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net
Beman, Thank you for helping to make the Boost library. My C++ career has been enriched by it and C++ itself has become more elegant. Enjoy! Peter Barker On Sat, 22 Sep 2018, 15:20 Beman Dawes via Boost, <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
--Beman
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Thank you, Beman, for all the work you've poured into Boost and C++. Your contribution is immeasurable. Without it, many of us wouldn't have been where we are now. -----Original Message----- From: Beman Dawes via Boost Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2018 17:19 To: Boost Developers List ; Boost users list ; Boost announce list Cc: Beman Dawes Subject: [boost] Twenty years and time to retire The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now. Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future! --Beman _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
On Sat, 22 Sep 2018 at 16:20, Beman Dawes via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thank you for Boost - one of my major C++ langauge reference and source of motivation to keep learning C++. All the best! Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
On 9/22/18 5:19 PM, Beman Dawes via Boost wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
Thank you, Beman. You're one of the fathers of Boost, the project that I chose to contribute for the first time many years ago and still enjoy contributing to and working with. Your input in Boost and C++ is invaluable.
On 22/09/2018 15:19, Beman Dawes via Boost wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
Unbelievable it's been so long, we will miss you for sure, many thanks for all your hard work over the years and helping to make Boost what it is today! Best, John. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 10:20 AM Beman Dawes wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now. Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future! --Beman
Thank you Beman for everything you have done for us, for Boost, and for the C++ programming language. Glen
On Sep 22, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Beman Dawes via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
Thank you Beman, not only for boost, but all of mentoring and help you’ve offered to me personally over the years. The C++ world would be a much different place without your massive contributions to it. Howard
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
It was only last week that during a talk I was giving on C++ that I was telling of your enormous contributions to C++ over so many decades. Thank you for your service Beman, and tenacity on getting Filesystem into the standard. Niall
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 7:20 AM Beman Dawes via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old...
More people have been to outer space than have gotten their libraries into Boost. Thanks for creating this wonderfully exclusive club which I am now a part of! Regards
On 22/09/2018 07:19, Beman Dawes via Boost wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
--Beman
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Thank you very much Beman, you inspire young developers like me. Thanks for #include <filesystem> that's marvellous. -- daminetreg - Damien Buhl Software Developer +33 6 77 43 10 05
On 22/09/2018 16:19, Beman Dawes via Boost wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
Thank you Beman. We will miss your great technical contributions and your help and talent to make Boost a great project. Best wishes, Ion
El 22/09/2018 a las 16:19, Beman Dawes via Boost escribió:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thank you sou much Beman for creating the most amazing C++ project ever and for all the hard work you've put into it along the years. All the best, Joaquín M López Muñoz
On 9/22/18 07:19, Beman Dawes via Boost wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
--Beman
Thank you for your dedication to building a better language and a community. It has been a pleasure working with you. Thank you for your insights and guidance. I wish for you all the best. Take care - michael -- Michael Caisse Ciere Consulting ciere.com
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018, 17:20 Beman Dawes via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
--Beman
Thank you Beman for all your work on Boost. Boost is my favourite "book" on C++. It does not have much pictures, but the content is perfect :) I've grown up on it's stories and keep getting fun with each new accepted library. Many thanks! Separate huge thanks for the std::filesystem!
On September 22, 2018 10:19:49 AM EDT, Beman Dawes via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thanks for your enormous contribution to Boost and C++. It was my pleasure to have worked alongside you along the way. -- Rob (Sent from my portable computation device.)
Hi Beman,
That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
I do not know you personally but I benefited so much from your contributions, in particular the filesystem library I adopted a long time ago. Thanks to you and what you freely shared, I was able to achieve great things without spending the time to reinvent the wheel. Thank you also for having been even further in proposing filesystem to the standard committee. It is an enormous amount of time to submit a library to boost but I am sure it is even more involving to submit a library to the standard. Love from France! Frédéric
On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 7:20 AM Beman Dawes via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
The idea behind Boost was hatched in March, 1998, and the proposal document <https://www.boost.org/users/proposal.pdf> was released May 6, 1998. That makes Boost twenty years old, and makes me twenty years older. It is high time I retire from Boost; I haven't been able to contribute for some time now.
Thank you, Beman. Thank you for your contributions, your vision and your advice. The C++ world is much richer due to your efforts, but (today) poorer now that you've retired. -- Marshall
Den 22-09-2018 kl. 16:19 skrev Beman Dawes via Boost:
Thanks to all of you who made Boost such an overwhelming success in the past and will drive Boost forward into a bright future!
And many thanks to you, Beman. Enjoy your retirement. You will be missed. kind regards Thorsten
participants (21)
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Andrey Semashev -
Antony Polukhin -
Beman Dawes -
Damien Buhl -
Frédéric -
Gary Powell -
Glen Fernandes -
Howard Hinnant -
Ion Gaztañaga -
Joaquin M López Muñoz -
John Maddock -
Marshall Clow -
Mateusz Loskot -
Michael Caisse -
Niall Douglas -
Peter Barker -
Peter Dimov -
Rene Rivera -
Rob Stewart -
Thorsten Ottosen -
Vinnie Falco