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On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, M. Warner Losh wrote:

> : > devd won't be rewritten to not use C++.  That's a non-option.
> :
> : Out of curiosity, why is that?  I have nothing against C++, but that
> : stance seems surprising.  I have not scanned the tree, but I was under
> : the impression that very little of the base system that is written in C++.
>
> Because I wrote it, and I don't like stupid reasons to dictate a choice 
> of language.  It will remain C++ because I'm a grumpy old man, ...

At last, he admits the truth. :-)

Robert N M Watson