Re: Compiling C++ modules
From: Avi Kivity
Date: Fri Apr 28 2006 - 05:33:53 EST
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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Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
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