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https://cppalliance.org/matt/2025/01/10/Matts2024Q4Update.html

Two Boost libraries are reported: an IEEE‑754 decimal floating‑point library review after performance enhancements; and a cryptography library built with clang‑20 hardening, implementing primitives and targeting FIPS‑140‑3 certification and TLS support.

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  • Doc Previews Revisited Q4 2024
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    Recent Q4 2024 work is summarized, noting Jenkins migration to Multibranch Pipelines, Boost website and CDN upgrades, release‑tooling and CI pipeline enhancements, Mailman migration automation, and benchmark/CI environment updates.

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  • Speed and Safety
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    CUDA support is added to Boost int128 for host and device use. Device from_chars/to_chars are provided by Boost.Charconv, and Boost.Decimal will gain CUDA later. Verification is used by Boost.Safe_Numbers for safety and error check with CUDA reporting.
  • Decimal Goes Back to Review
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    The Decimal library is re‑entering Boost review (Oct 6‑15). Updates include renamed types/headers, simplified constructors, IEEE‑754 rounding, Antora docs, fmt and CMake support, and resolved review issues; hardware decimal and CUDA support are planned.
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