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<dt><span class="section"><a href="index.html#algorithm.description_and_rationale">Description and Rationale</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="algorithm/Searching.html">Searching Algorithms</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="algorithm/Searching.html#the_boost_algorithm_library.Searching.BoyerMoore">Boyer-Moore
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="algorithm/CXX11.html#the_boost_algorithm_library.CXX11.all_of">all_of</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="algorithm/reference.html#header.boost.algorithm.algorithm_hpp">Header <boost/algorithm/algorithm.hpp></a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="header/boost/algorithm/clamp_hpp.html">Header <boost/algorithm/clamp.hpp></a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="header/boost/algorithm/searching/boyer_moore_hpp.html">Header <boost/algorithm/searching/boyer_moore.hpp></a></span></dt>
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Boost.Algorithm is a collection of general purpose algorithms. While Boost
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contains many libraries of data structures, there is no single library for
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general purpose algorithms. Even though the algorithms are generally useful,
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many tend to be thought of as "too small" for Boost.
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An implementation of Boyer-Moore searching, for example, might take a developer
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a week or so to implement, including test cases and documentation. However,
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scheduling a review to include that code into Boost might take several months,
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and run into resistance because "it is too small". Nevertheless,
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a library of tested, reviewed, documented algorithms can make the developer's
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life much easier, and that is the purpose of this library.
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<span class="phrase"><a name="algorithm.description_and_rationale.future_plans"></a></span><a class="link" href="index.html#algorithm.description_and_rationale.future_plans">Future
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I will be soliciting submissions from other developers, as well as looking
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through the literature for existing algorithms to include. The Adobe Source
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Library, for example, contains many useful algorithms that already have documentation
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and test cases. Knuth's <span class="underline">The Art of Computer Programming</span>
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is chock-full of algorithm descriptions, too.
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My goal is to run regular algorithm reviews, similar to the Boost library review
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process, but with smaller chunks of code.
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<span class="phrase"><a name="algorithm.description_and_rationale.dependencies"></a></span><a class="link" href="index.html#algorithm.description_and_rationale.dependencies">Dependencies</a>
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Boost.Algorithm uses Boost.Range, Boost.Assert, Boost.Array, Boost.TypeTraits,
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and Boost.StaticAssert.
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<span class="phrase"><a name="algorithm.description_and_rationale.acknowledgements"></a></span><a class="link" href="index.html#algorithm.description_and_rationale.acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a>
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Thanks to all the people who have reviewed this library and made suggestions
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for improvements. Steven Watanabe and Sean Parent, in particular, have provided
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a great deal of help.
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