diff --git a/array1.cpp b/array1.cpp
index 31639bb..814c9cd 100644
--- a/array1.cpp
+++ b/array1.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 /* simple example for using class array<>
+ *
+ * Changelog:
+ * 20 Jan 2001 - Removed boolalpha use since stock GCC doesn't support it
+ *               (David Abrahams)
  */
 #include <iostream>
 #include <boost/array.hpp>
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ int main()
 
     // use some common STL container operations
     std::cout << "size:     " << a.size() << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "empty:    " << std::boolalpha << a.empty() << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "empty:    " << (a.empty() ? "true" : "false") << std::endl;
     std::cout << "max_size: " << a.max_size() << std::endl;
     std::cout << "front:    " << a.front() << std::endl;
     std::cout << "back:     " << a.back() << std::endl;