The Boost Virus

Why is everyone so fucking inclined to use Boost?
Why do you need to add a fuck ton of dependencies on your small toy programs?

Can't you just stick with vanilla C++ and do us all a favor?

If there's anything I'm never installing for a project? It's boost.

>>15
This argument is stupid since I do not program my car nor the airplane I fly on. Moreover, making a shitty cpu is not that difficult for a single person.
The reason to program only on languages you can implement is that you will never be locked out of your programs and you will always be able to have your programs running in your own system.