Re: [Axis2] Axis2 architecture implementation in C

[Paul Fremantle]

Lilantha

We had a number of people who had problems with C++. My view is that although C++ offers a nice OO view, it also has a number of drawbacks - including more complex memory management model (especially when mixing with C), lack of a completely standard libraries on EVERY platform, compiler issues, etc.

C on the other hand is incredibly portable. And once the core model (AXIOM) is done in C, then the benefit of OO in building the handlers and SOAP processing model seems to me much less.

I vote with Sanjiva - I think its much easier to add C++ APIs onto a C core than the other way around.

Paul