Actually I have good-ish memories of the early `boost` (we're talking 2003 - 2006) and some of the `std::` libraries in C++. They got the job done fine and were

Actually I have good-ish memories of the early `boost` (we're talking 2003 - 2006) and some of the `std::` libraries in C++. They got the job done fine and were not in the way. So yeah, agreed.