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<h2 class="title">Welcome to the Boost C++ Libraries</h2> | |
<p>Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.</p> | |
<p>We emphasize libraries that work well with the C++ Standard Library. | |
Boost libraries are intended to be widely useful, and usable across a broad | |
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commercial and non-commercial use.</p> | |
<p>We aim to establish "existing practice" and provide reference | |
implementations so that Boost libraries are suitable for eventual | |
standardization. Ten Boost libraries are already included in the <a href= | |
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<h3>Changes in this release</h3> | |
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<p>The release directory tree contains almost all of Boost; documentation, | |
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<h3>Library Documentation</h3> | |
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<p>Read the <a href="http://www.boost.org/users/">introductory material</a> | |
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<p>Copyright © 2008 Beman Dawes, Rene Rivera</p> | |
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