From 0eee266b4aebf087468c092ac697ab0ac10bb8b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Beman Dawes Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:17:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Tweek name history and mailing list volume entries [SVN r29751] --- faq.htm | 28 +++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/faq.htm b/faq.htm index ceb6d0d..d8145e2 100644 --- a/faq.htm +++ b/faq.htm @@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ accepted by Boost is one way to establish existing practice.

Where does the name "Boost" come from? Boost began with -Robert Klarer and me fantasizing about a new library effort over dinner at a C++ -committee meeting in Sofia Antipolis, France. Robert mentioned that Herb Sutter +Robert Klarer and I fantasizing about a new library effort over dinner at a C++ +committee meeting in Sofia Antipolis, France, in 1998. Robert mentioned that Herb Sutter was working on a spoof proposal for a new language named Booze, which was supposed to be better than Java. Somehow that kicked off the idea of "Boost" as a name. We'd probably had a couple of glasses of good @@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ French wine at that point. It was just a working name, but no one ever came up with a replacement. (Beman Dawes)

Is the web site a commercial business? No. It is just some people getting together -as a kind of cyberspace civic association. If it ever needs to incorporate, it would be as +as a kind of cyberspace civic association. If it ever needs to incorporate, it would be as +a non-profit organization.

Is there any charge for submitting libraries or reviews to Boost.org? No. Unlike @@ -139,17 +140,14 @@ projects and the occasional look into other threads by otherwise uninterested pa "noise".

How can I cope with the large volume of boost mailing list messages?  -One approach is to use the YahooGroups digest option; that cuts the email blizzard -down to about three (long) messages per day, so you can glance over the subjects -summary at the top and quickly read what you think is important. The -YahooGroups "no mail/web only" option is best if you just occasionally -want to look at messages.

+One approach is to use the "digest" option; that cuts the email blizzard +down to several (long) messages per day, so you can glance over the subjects +summary at the top and quickly read what you think is important. The  "no +mail" option turns off list email entirely.

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Yet another approach is to use your email program's capabilities to filter messages and automatically -transfer them into several boost folders. Then only read the folders you -care about. Boost list posters are -encouraged to include keywords in the subject like "thread", -"review", and "CVS" to aid message filtering.

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Another approach is to follow the list traffic via an NTTP newsgroup reader. +See Mailing List newsgroup +information.

Why do Boost headers have a .hpp suffix rather than .h or none at all? File extensions communicate the "type" of the file, both to humans and @@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ See the suggestions on the Bugs page.

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Revised 18 April, 2004

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Revised 23 June, 2005

© Copyright Beman Dawes 2001

Use, modification, and distribution are subject to the Boost Software @@ -175,4 +173,4 @@ License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

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