I wrote:

Your post is not "slightly" off topic, it is entirely off topic. Sorry, I didn't mean to come across so brusque. I should at least have included some references in that message:

More information about what is on-topic can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boost-Users/ Some forums you might consider are comp.lang.c++ and alt.learn.c++ (I _think_ that's the name of the group) -- Jim