Boost (C++ libraries)

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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

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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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"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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