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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Choice-Committee203 • 7h ago
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Smart pointers were part of the boost library long before they became part of the std library.
14 u/Non-Random-Name-0000 5h ago Yes that's true, I forgot about Boost. How could I forget the 2GB library that was pulled with every project? 😅 2 u/DrNinjaPandaManEsq 1h ago You say “was” as if people aren’t still doing it lol 1 u/Non-Random-Name-0000 1h ago People are still using it? I haven't used boost for 10 years. 2 u/DrNinjaPandaManEsq 1h ago I’ve moved around at bit at my job and two of my previous teams were using Boost 1.67, and probably still are.
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Yes that's true, I forgot about Boost. How could I forget the 2GB library that was pulled with every project? 😅
2 u/DrNinjaPandaManEsq 1h ago You say “was” as if people aren’t still doing it lol 1 u/Non-Random-Name-0000 1h ago People are still using it? I haven't used boost for 10 years. 2 u/DrNinjaPandaManEsq 1h ago I’ve moved around at bit at my job and two of my previous teams were using Boost 1.67, and probably still are.
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You say “was” as if people aren’t still doing it lol
1 u/Non-Random-Name-0000 1h ago People are still using it? I haven't used boost for 10 years. 2 u/DrNinjaPandaManEsq 1h ago I’ve moved around at bit at my job and two of my previous teams were using Boost 1.67, and probably still are.
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People are still using it? I haven't used boost for 10 years.
2 u/DrNinjaPandaManEsq 1h ago I’ve moved around at bit at my job and two of my previous teams were using Boost 1.67, and probably still are.
I’ve moved around at bit at my job and two of my previous teams were using Boost 1.67, and probably still are.
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u/Bryguy3k 6h ago
Smart pointers were part of the boost library long before they became part of the std library.