Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:42:52 +0200 From: Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org> To: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> Cc: Antonio Gonz?lez Castro <agoca80@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: RFC: C version of devd daemon. Message-ID: <4A33668C.3080602@FreeBSD.org> 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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Roman Divacky skrev: > 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++ Kristaps Dzonsons has been working on a groff replacement called mdocml for some time. It's small compared to groff, written in C and ISC-licensed. And it's fast too. :-) Youtube video from his presentation at AsiaBSDCon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25FFo01Zpw Homepage: http://mdocml.bsd.lv/ -- Joel
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