What's the latest version of Boost compatible with VC++6?

Question

What is the latest version of the Boost library that is compatible with Microsoft Visual C++ 6? And can you provide a link to download it directly?

The Downloads link at http://www.boost.org only gives a download for version 1.36.0, and the documentation for that version lists Visual C++ 7.1 as the lowest version of Microsoft compiler tested. Do they purge out downloads for older versions?

Pompano

Answer 1

Boost 1.34.1 has been tested with vc6. The old versions are still available.

Neocolonialism

Unfortunately even with this boost version Visual C++ 6 seems to have problems (e.g. the algorithm/string stuff doesn't compile...) – Deandreadeane

Answer 2

You can get all older versions from the boost download page on SourceForge.

The compilers used for regression tests are probably buried somewhere on the boost.org website.

Reposeful

I'm sorry I can't accept two answers - this was very helpful indeed. Thanks. – Pompano

Yep. +1, i was able to find the download – Kishke

Answer 3

It's worth noting that Boost doesn't actively not support VC6 either. Most of the boost libs probably still work with VC6 (they haven't stripped out the VC6 compatibility code, as far as I know)

So you could just try 1.36.1 and see how far you get.

Jeffereyjefferies

what I get now (1.58) is #error : "Compiler not supported or configured - please reconfigure" – Bipartisan

Well, my answer is 7 years old after all. :) I hope for your sake you'll be able to upgrade to a decent compiler soon. :) – Jeffereyjefferies

Because of changes in Boost, I found I needed to drop back to Boost 1.3x to get the application to compile anyway. – Bipartisan