What's wrong with using boost in your project? Where is

>>58378766
i just want to step on that fox and squish it under my boot

>>58379960
>le edgy xD

>>58380015
you know it ;-)

>>58378766
If your project would benefit from using boost, then sure, use it. The problem is that boost is a way too big library, that even split across many modules, is sometimes a bit of an overkill.

>>58380870
Does it cost performance? What could be the down sides?

>>58381187
I don't think there are any downsides on the performance side, but boost is quite verbose to write code with (kinda like the std library, I guess).

Boost code is frequently integrated into the standard library (shared_ptr and thread comes to mind), and it's a good solution if other ones are non-portable. It comes down to preference, really. I don't like using it if there are other ways around it, but if it's your cup of tea...