Posted Apr 5, 2009 6:20 UTC (Sun) by quotemstr (subscriber, #45331)
In reply to: A GNOME 3.0 plan by Ze
Parent article: A GNOME 3.0 plan
While it's true that writing OO code longhand in C might take up more characters than the same program written in C++, most of the time we spend coding isn't spent typing. The difference is immaterial. Personally, I'd prefer C++, but there's something to be said for writing in the linga franca, C.
Posted Apr 6, 2009 1:07 UTC (Mon) by Ze (guest, #54182)
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>>While it's true that writing OO code longhand in C might take up more characters than the same program written in C++, most of the time we spend coding isn't spent typing. The difference is immaterial. Personally, I'd prefer C++, but there's something to be said for writing in the linga franca, C.
It's got a lot more to do than just the typing. It's all the type safety and general model. GObject is a PITA and deserves to die a quick death (to save the rest of us poor souls from using it).