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| (C) Copyright 2007-8 Anthony Williams. |
| Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. |
| (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at |
| http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt). |
| ] |
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| [section:acknowledgements Acknowledgments] |
| |
| The original implementation of __boost_thread__ was written by William Kempf, with contributions from numerous others. This new |
| version initially grew out of an attempt to rewrite __boost_thread__ to William Kempf's design with fresh code that could be |
| released under the Boost Software License. However, as the C++ Standards committee have been actively discussing standardizing a |
| thread library for C++, this library has evolved to reflect the proposals, whilst retaining as much backwards-compatibility as |
| possible. |
| |
| Particular thanks must be given to Roland Schwarz, who contributed a lot of time and code to the original __boost_thread__ library, |
| and who has been actively involved with the rewrite. The scheme for dividing the platform-specific implementations into separate |
| directories was devised by Roland, and his input has contributed greatly to improving the quality of the current implementation. |
| |
| Thanks also must go to Peter Dimov, Howard Hinnant, Alexander Terekhov, Chris Thomasson and others for their comments on the |
| implementation details of the code. |
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