Re: Compiling C++ modules

[Avi Kivity]

Davi Arnaut wrote:
> > Mozilla is written in C++ ? I start to better understand where the
> > 160 MB bloat comes from...
> >     
>
> Evolution is written in C.
>   

FWIW, userspace is moving away from C as unproductive and unsafe. KDE is 
of course C++, mozilla, openoffice are C++, and gnome is moving towards 
(of all things) C#.

GCC considered adopting a C++ subset. My impressions of the discussion 
was that (a) a majority of the developers would like that (b) RMS would 
never allow it (c) there were concerns about bootstrap on platforms 
where a C++ compiler was not available.

Kernels of other operating systems (Windows, AIX (?)) allow C++. And 
don't start about Windows crashing whenever you sneeze at it - it's so 1998.

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