From: Greg Colvin (greg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-22 10:30:18
From: "Beman Dawes" <beman_at_[hidden]>
> I've had an email exchange with a MS VC++ product manager, who confirms
> that they have no plans to improve ISO compliance in 7.0. So any
> improvements are several years away at best.
If Microsoft refuses to conform to ISO C++ then I strongly recommend
that people stop using their compiler. There are some excellent
alternatives available.
I also suggest we pick a not-too-distant date to phase out 6.0
support in Boost, and not even try to support 7.0.