Paul A. Bristow wrote:
It stands for Software of Unknown Pedigree. They classify boost as SOUP.
I think this is plain wrong.
If they have not investigated the pedigree of Boost, then of course it is SOUP to them. I don't see how that could possibly be wrong.
Boost Libraries are all
1 Peer reviewed.
The initial submission is peer reviewed. After that there is no pre-commit review requirement (I said "requirement") in Boost. The submitter/maintainer then owns all decisions related to the library. Many boost libraries have no maintainer or no active maintainer, and upkeep struggles to actually get done. Am I wrong?
2...7
I doubt any of that matters. I found this an interesting read this week: https://esrlabs.com/blog/estl-for-embedded-developers/ Thanks, Steve.