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<h1>More Information</h1>
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<h2>Boost Policies</h2>
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<p><a href="discussion_policy.htm"><b>Mailing List Discussion Policy.</b></a>
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What's acceptable and what isn't.</p>
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<p><a href="writingdoc/index.html"><strong>Writing Documentation for Boost</strong></a>
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documentation that follows the guidelines.</p>
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testing works at Boost.</p>
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trade-offs.</p>
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<p><a href="library_reuse.htm"><b>Library Reuse</b></a>. Should Boost
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libraries use other boost libraries? What about the C++ Standard
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Library? It's another trade-off.</p>
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<p><b><a href="license_info.html">License Information</a> </b> Information
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about the Boost Software License.</p>
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<p><b><a href="bibliography.html">Bibliography</a> </b> Print and online
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publications relating to Boost and Boost libraries.</p>
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<p><a href="../status/compiler_status.html"><b>Compiler Status</b></a> Describes
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what library works with which compiler.</p>
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<p><b><a href="links.htm">Links</a></b> Links of special interest to Boost
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Future, current, and recently past Formal Reviews.</p>
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developers and the release manager prepare for a Boost release.</p>
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<p><b><a href="updating_the_website.html">Updating the Website</a></b> How
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developers can update the Boost website between releases.</p>
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<p><a href="regression.html"><b>Internal Regression Test Suite</b></a>
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Describes the tool for generating the compiler status tables
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<p><b><a href="proposal.pdf">Proposal for a C++ Library Repository Web Site</a></b>
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The original 1998 proposal that launched Boost.</p>
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<p><b><a href="bugs.htm">How to report bugs</a></b> Ways to report Boost
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bugs.</p>
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<p><b><a href="requesting_new_features.htm">How to request features</a></b> Ways
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to request new library features.</p>
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<p><b><a href="cpp_committee_meetings.html">C++ Committee Meetings</a></b> FAQ for
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Boost Members wishing to attend a standards committee meeting.</p>
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<h2>Articles and Papers</h2>
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<p><a href="error_handling.html"><b>Error and Exception Handling</b></a> describes
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approaches to errors and exceptions by <a href="../people/dave_abrahams.htm">David
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Abrahams</a>.
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<p><a href="count_bdy.htm"><b>Counted Body Techniques</b></a> by <a href="../people/kevlin_henney.htm">
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Kevlin Henney</a> is must reading for those interested in reference
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counting, a widely used object management idiom. Originally published in <a href="http://www.accu.org/c++sig/public/Overload.html">
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Overload</a> magazine.</p>
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<p><a href="generic_programming.html"><b>Generic Programming Techniques</b></a> by <a href="../people/dave_abrahams.htm">
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David Abrahams</a> and <a href="../people/jeremy_siek.htm">Jeremy Siek</a> describe
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some of the techniques used in Boost libraries.</p>
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<p><a href="feature_model_diagrams.htm"><b>Feature Model Diagrams in text and HTML</b></a>
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describes how to represent feature model diagrams in text form.</p>
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<p><a href="borland_cpp.html"><b>Portability Hints: Borland C++ 5.5.1</b></a> describes
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Borland C++ portability issues, with suggested workarounds.</p>
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<p><a href="microsoft_vcpp.html"><b>Portability Hints: Microsoft VC++ 6.0 SP4</b></a>
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describes Microsoft C++ portability issues, with suggested workarounds.</p>
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<p><a href="int_const_guidelines.htm"><strong>Coding Guidelines for Integral Constant
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Expressions</strong></a> describes how to work through the maze of
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compiler related bugs surrounding this tricky topic.</p>
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02 October, 2003<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="38549" --></p>
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<20> Copyright Beman Dawes 2003.</p>
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Use, modification, and distribution are subject to the Boost Software License,
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Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <a href="../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>
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or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)</p>
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