Re: A brief introduction

On Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 7:31 AM Richard via Boost <[email protected]>
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> > Hi all, my name is Steve Gerbino. [...]
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> Welcome, Steve!  I am really looking forward to doing more with capy
> and corosio.
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