I always thought that writing a non-trivial library that is accepted into Boost, would be like being accepted into a priesthood (for C++ programmers). In the s

I always thought that writing a non-trivial library that is accepted into Boost, would be like being accepted into a priesthood (for C++ programmers). In the sense that the standards are very high, and seem to require at least 3 things: expert level understanding of C++, of a number of boost idioms, and of the particular domain/niche that your library solves.