Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:09:06 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> Cc: Antonio Gonz?lez Castro <agoca80@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> Subject: Re: RFC: C version of devd daemon. Message-ID: <20090612180906.GA12679@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090612175206.GA77895@freebsd.org> References: <538f43900906120823w388f1c63ic8d0194017faca6d@mail.gmail.com> <20090612165518.GA15530@phenom.cordula.ws> <20090612172740.GA1952@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20090612175206.GA77895@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 07:52:06PM +0200, Roman Divacky wrote: > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:27:40AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:55:18AM -0600, cpghost wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 03:23:47PM +0000, Antonio Gonz?lez Castro wrote: > > > > Hi, I'm not sure this is interesting or useful, but I translated devd daemon > > > > from C++ to C. > > > > > > Why would you want to do that? IMHO, the code in > > > /usr/src/sbin/devd/devd.cc is beautiful, concise > > > and very readable. > > > > To allow one to use an alternative compiler technology > > to compile the system. See, for example, clang and pcc. > > clang will ultimately support C++ just fine. dont forget devd > is not the only C++ code in our src. we also have groff and > libstd++ Yes, I know in a year or two clang will compile C++. And, yes, I know that groff and libstdc++ require a C++ compiler. The difference is that devd is required for a functioning system while neither groff nor libstdc++[1] would be required. [1] If devd is written in C, then a C++ library would not be needed. -- Steve
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