boost

I need a suggestion.
it is good practice to use boost lib.
professional level big project development, is it ok to use boost lib.

my simple question is, boost is stable and comparable with previous version and
comparable with gcc compiler.

if your ans is yes. is there any book?
it is good practice to use boost lib.
Yes

professional level big project development, is it ok to use boost lib.
Yes

boost is stable and comparable with previous version
Yes

comparable with gcc compiler
What do you mean? boost is a library and gcc is a compiler. You cannot compare them, but boost can be compiled with gcc of course.

if your ans is yes. is there any book?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2665450/is-there-any-good-book-for-boost-library-c-and-for-object-oriented-design-in-c
thanx for your suggestion.
but no free downloadable book are available on net.
if you know any site where from i can download, plz suggest me.

@coder777: OP meant "compatible" and not "comparable" in both instances.
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