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Boost (C++ Libraries) : Stable Release Type License

Boost is a set of C++ libraries that provide support for tasks like linear algebra, random number generation, multithreading, image processing, regular expressions, and unit testing. It contains over 80 individual libraries. Most Boost libraries are licensed under the Boost Software License and allow use with both free and proprietary software projects. Several Boost libraries have been incorporated into C++ standards. The libraries aim to support a wide range of C++ users and applications, ranging from general purpose libraries to operating system abstractions. Boost makes extensive use of templates to ensure efficiency and flexibility.

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Boost (C++ Libraries) : Stable Release Type License

Boost is a set of C++ libraries that provide support for tasks like linear algebra, random number generation, multithreading, image processing, regular expressions, and unit testing. It contains over 80 individual libraries. Most Boost libraries are licensed under the Boost Software License and allow use with both free and proprietary software projects. Several Boost libraries have been incorporated into C++ standards. The libraries aim to support a wide range of C++ users and applications, ranging from general purpose libraries to operating system abstractions. Boost makes extensive use of templates to ensure efficiency and flexibility.

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Boost (C++ libraries)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Boost C++ Libraries) Boost

Boost logo 1 !! " # $o%ember 11, &"1'( ) months Stable release ago Written in C++ Type Libraries License Boost *oft+are License Website +++ boost org Boost is a set of libraries for the C++ programming lang,age that pro%ide s,pport for tasks and str,ct,res s,ch as linear algebra, pse,dorandom n,mber generation, m,ltithreading, image processing, reg,lar e-pressions, and ,nit testing .t contains o%er eighty indi%id,al libraries /ost of the Boost libraries are licensed ,nder the Boost *oft+are License, designed to allo+ Boost to be ,sed +ith both free and proprietary soft+are pro0ects /any of Boost1s fo,nders are on the C++ standards committee, and se%eral Boost libraries ha%e been accepted for incorporation into both 2echnical Report 1 and the C++11 standard 314

Contents

1 5esign & 6ssociated people ' *ee also ) References ! F,rther reading 7 8-ternal links

Design
2he libraries are aimed at a +ide range of C++ ,sers and application domains 2hey range from general9p,rpose libraries like the smart pointer library, to operating system abstractions like Boost FileSystem, to libraries primarily aimed at other library de%elopers and ad%anced C++ ,sers, like the template metaprogramming (/:L) and domain9specific lang,age (5*L) creation (:roto)

.n order to ens,re efficiency and fle-ibility, Boost makes e-tensi%e ,se of templates Boost has been a so,rce of e-tensi%e +ork and research into generic programming and metaprogramming in C++ 3citation needed4 /ost Boost libraries are header based, consisting of inline f,nctions and templates, and as s,ch do not need to be b,ilt in ad%ance of their ,se *ome Boost libraries coe-ist as independent libraries 3&43'4

Associated people
;riginal fo,nders of Boost still acti%e in the comm,nity incl,de Beman 5a+es and 5a%id 6brahams 6,thor of se%eral books on C++, $icolai <os,ttis contrib,ted the Boost array library in &""1 2here are mailing lists de%oted to Boost library ,se and library de%elopment, acti%e as of &"1) 3)4

See also
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References
1 & ' ) Ju p up ! BLibrary 2echnical ReportB <2C1#*C&&#W=&1 9 2he C++ *tandards Committee & <,ly &""' Retrie%ed 1 Febr,ary &"1& Ju p up ! B6sio +eb siteB Ju p up ! B*pirit +eb9siteB Ju p up ! BBoost /ailing Lists (6 @ 6 5isc,ssion =ro,ps)B Retrie%ed ) Febr,ary &"1)

"urt#er reading

5emming, Robert C 5,ffy, 5aniel < (&"1") Introduction to the Boost C++ Libraries Dol,me 1 9 Fo,ndations 5atasim .*B$ EFG9E)9E1"&G9"19) 5emming, Robert C 5,ffy, 5aniel < (&"1&) Introduction to the Boost C++ Libraries Dol,me & 9 6d%anced Libraries 5atasim .*B$ EFG9E)9E1"&G9"&91 @arlsson, B0Hrn (&""!) Beyond the C++ Standard Library: An Introduction to Boost 6ddison9Wesley .*B$ EFG9"9'&191''!)9"

:ol,khin, 6ntony (&"1') Boost C++ Application Development Cookbook :ackt .*B$ EFG919G)E!19)GG9" *chIling, Boris (&"11) The Boost C++ Libraries J/L :ress .*B$ EFG9"9EG&&1E19 E9! *iek, <eremy = ( Lee, Lie9K,an C L,msdaine, 6ndre+ (&""1) The Boost raph Library: !ser uide and "e#erence $anual 6ddison9Wesley .*B$ EFG9"9&"19 F&E1)97

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2he Wikibook C++ %ro&rammin& has a page on the topic ofL Libraries/Boost

;fficial +ebsite B2he Boost C++ LibrariesBL online book

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