Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:54:49 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Benjamin Lutz <benlutz@datacomm.ch>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is not more FreeBSD software written in C++? Message-ID: <86y7y57n1y.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <200604160707.27476.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> (Daniel O'Connor's message of "Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:07:26 %2B0930") References: <200604151313.32519.benlutz@datacomm.ch> <4441199C.4090802@carebears.mine.nu> <200604160707.27476.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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"Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> writes: > A not insignificant reason (IMO) is that C++ is much slower to > compile. > > Also, gcc didn't use to be (ie when FreeBSD was started) a good C++ > compiler. Neither of these are valid arguments, and essential parts of FreeBSD are in fact written in C++ - devd(8), for instance. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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