GCC begins move to C++

Posted Jun 1, 2010 3:54 UTC (Tue) by jamesh (guest, #1159)
In reply to: GCC begins move to C++ by HelloWorld
Parent article: GCC begins move to C++

Whether you agree with Linus's opinion on C++, there is a pretty big difference between the gcc and git situations.

For git, a minor contributor was proposing changes that would negatively affect the core developers' ability to maintain the code base (since C++ is not one of their areas of expertise). In the gcc case, it is the core developers themselves who are suggesting the change and believe it will make maintenance easier.

GCC begins move to C++

Posted Jun 1, 2010 6:30 UTC (Tue) by adobriyan (subscriber, #30858) [Link]

> For git, a minor contributor was proposing changes

Proposing? I don't think so.

> When I first looked at Git source code two things struck me as odd:
> 1. Pure C as opposed to C++. No idea why. Please don't talk about
> portability, it's BS.
> 2. Brute-force, direct string manipulation. It's both verbose and
> error-prone. This makes it hard to follow high-level code logic.