--- In boost@[...].. , williamkempf@[...].. wrote:
>  --- In boost@[...].. , Mark Rodgers <mark.rodgers@[...]..> wrote:
>  > From: <williamkempf@[...]..>
>  > --- In boost@[...].. , Jens Maurer <Jens.Maurer@[...]..> wrote:
>  > > > The review for Beman Dawes' proposal of a Boost Test
Library...

(For those who received my previous response, I'm sorry, I
accidentally responded to the wrong post.)

>  The Boost Thread Library was the first to be called the BTL,
>  regardless of the chronology of acceptance ;).
> 
>  Seriously, though, someone else coined the acronym, not myself.
I'm
>  not married to any name or acronym at this point, though there will
>  be a lot of documentation to change if we go by a different
>  name/acronym at this point, and it's just going to get worse.
So...
>  if anyone has a different name, or thinks that we should stick with
>  Boost Thread Library but not use the acronym BTL, speak up now so I
>  can proactively avoid work in the future :).

Someone just pointed out to me in e-mail that the acronym BTL is also
currently used by the Bioinformatics Template Library
( http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/~classlib/bioinf/BTL99.html ). So it seems
that at least the acronym needs to be dropped (though I expect people
will try to re-apply it frequently if the name remains Boost Thread
Library ... the three words lend themselves to easily to usage as a
TLA). So, I'll still entertain recommendations for another name, but
I'll immediately remove BTL from the draft documentation I have.

Bill Kempf