From: alan Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:40:54 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > IOW, C++ is in that inconvenient spot where it doesn't help make things > simple enough to be truly usable for prototyping or simple GUI > programming, and yet isn't the lean system programming language that C is > that actively encourags you to use simple and direct constructs. Not to mention try finding two C++ compilers that support the same language features. C is a known quantity. C++ depends on whos compiler you use and what class libraries you use. Trying to make those things work crossplatform is not an easy task. (Harder than it is in C at least.) A number of years ago, a programmer who will not be named (and is not me), tried to port Perl to C++. It was a disaster. He found that every compiler handled something differently. If you stuck to one compiler, it might work. But trying to get GCC to work like MS C++ or Borland C++ or whatever is just asking for pain. -- Refrigerator Rule #1: If you don't remember when you bought it, Don't eat it.