Mission

The Beman project’s mission is to support the efficient design and adoption of the highest quality C++ standard libraries through implementation experience, user feedback, and technical expertise.

The Beman project is named in memory of Beman Dawes - co-founder of Boost.

The Beman project was founded at CNow in 2024, the project strives to aggregate libraries proposed for ISO standardization making a simple usage experience for the C Community to try out new libraries.

The Beman project’s goals are broad, strategic propositions aligned with its mission and serve as guiding principles. An non-exhaustive list of those goals includes:

[goals.support_for_authors]

Support for Authors. Assist library authors by providing appropriate tools and guidance.

[goals.best_practices]

Best Practices. Promote adherence to industry standards and best practices.

[goals.quality_assurance]

Quality Assurance. Evaluate and ensure the quality of libraries under the project.

[goals.user_experience]

User Experience. Provide users with a seamless integration experience for consuming Beman libraries.

[goals.feedback]

Feedback Loops. Facilitate effortless user feedback to help improve libraries.

[goals.contributions]

Inclusive Contribution. Lower barriers to entry for new contributors and encourage broader participation.

[goals.iso_integration]

ISO Integration. Deliver reference implementations for ISO proposals, including active paper development.

[goals.public_presence]

Public Presence. Maintain a public website that communicates the project’s purpose, offers user-friendly documentation, and helps authors structure their libraries.