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On 2009-03-06 02:30Z, Werner Wothke wrote:
> 
> I am using Boost's random number generator template library with cygwin 
> for statistical simulations
> and am very happy with it. It would be a shame to abandon support of the 
> Boost libraries.

That's one of the many boost libraries that has a header-only
implementation. See:

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/more/getting_started/windows.html#header-only-libraries
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs?view=filtered_header-only

> Can you point out to me where you see any Boost DLLs? I only see *.hpp 
> template files.

The boost filesystem library is an example; my installation has,
in /lib/ :

$ls libboost_file*
libboost_filesystem-gcc-mt-1_33_1.a
libboost_filesystem-gcc-mt-s-1_33_1.a
libboost_filesystem-gcc-mt-s.a
libboost_filesystem-gcc-mt.a

which IIRC were all gotten via 'setup.exe'.

I gather from a glance at the boost links above that these might be
buildable as dlls instead of as static libraries, but I think what's
relevant to your question is that this library has '.cpp' files that
must be compiled separately. I believe Václav was referring to boost's
sui generis build system, which I always found a bit odd; if you want
to avoid it, this might be worth a look:
  http://boost-extras.sourceforge.net/gnu-boost/gnu-boost.html
| Tired of trying to compile boost with some weird tool only a very
| few understand? Try GNU boost!

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