Re: [Quantlib-dev] Removing Boost dependency from QuantLib

[Luigi B. <lui...@gm...>]

Hello Hao,
    that's great news---I've been wondering myself if this was possible.
I'll be sure to check out your project.
I suggest you also post to quantlib-users for greater exposure.

Later,
    Luigi


On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 5:24 AM Hao Zhang via QuantLib-dev <
qua...@li...> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have removed all Boost dependency from QuantLib, and ported QuantLib to
> C++17. The code is hosted on GitHub (https://github.com/haozhangphd/
> QuantLib-noBoost <https://github.com/haozhangphd/QuantLib-noBoost>).
>
> The ported code passes all test cases, and there are significant
> performance improvements in SOME functionalities. Using the QuantLib
> Benchmark Suite, Quantlib-noBoost gives 3425 mflops (running time 13.15s),
> while unmodified QuantLib gives 1440 mflops (running time 44.8s) on my Dell
> Inspiron 13 i7348 laptop, both running under identical conditions with
> identical compiler flags. The total running time of the whole test suite is
> also shorter by ~10% after Boost is removed.
>
> I will continue maintaining this project, and regularly backporting latest
> commits from QuantLib. I will also make this project work on other
> compilers besides GCC in the near future.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Hao
>
>
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