From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-24 12:43:22
At 12:13 PM 9/24/2001, Jim.Hyslop wrote:
>Just out of curiosity, why was the name "Boost" chosen?
Herb Sutter had been working on a spoof proposal for a new language named
Booze, which was supposed to be better than Java.
Robert Klarer mentioned that in Sofia Antipolis, France, when we were
fantasizing about a new library effort, and somehow that kicked off the
idea of "Boost" as a name. We'd probably had a couple of glasses of good
French wine at that point. It was just a working name, but no one ever
came up with a replacement.
>Is it because it
>gives programmers a boost in productivity?
Let's hope so!
--Beman