Hi Marek, On 19 May, Marek Habersack wrote: > * Ossama Othman said: > > I don't think that is a "complete" solution. Improving libdpkg would > > be good but, as Aaron described, that would just be adding/modifying > > code to code that is already "brittle." > Well, a complete rewrite and redesign in C would help...
Yep, I agree. Although, I still like Aaron's idea. > > > any language against C based libraries. As far as I'm aware doing the > > same > > > to C++ (or other object-oriented languages) is a pain in the neck. > > > > C++ libraries aren't bad once you get to know them. If you are > It isn't about C++ libraries being bad, or C++ being bad language, but about > compatibility and an issue of C++ still being in a state of flux in a GNU > world... Good point. However, now that there is a C++ standard I don't believe that the state of flux you mention is a major issue. EGCS has been fairly stable in terms of existing language feature support. Stuff like RTTI and exception handling aren't major issues since they can easily be disabled. > > Hrm. I would have to disagree with you. Using object oriented > > techniques certainly makes things easier to maintain, extend and debug. > > Using object oriented "design patterns" (see any good book on OO design > > patterns), for example, makes code much easier to understand and/or > > implement. > That's true, but again, the compatibility and unstability of the C++ > implementation on the GNU platform is an obstacle. OTOH, we have Objective > C... I've never tried Objective C. How is it? Is Objective-C link compatible with standard C? Just curious. > I'm not convinced this is a good way, but I admire the courage - g'luck from > me as well :)) It certainly does seem like it will be difficult. I am sure Aaron has thought this thing through, including the friendly opposition of late. BTW, I just want to thank everyone who has been participating in this discussion for keeping it _friendly_. It can certainly turn into into a C/C++ flame war but I am glad everyone has been calm and rational. Thanks again! :-) -Ossama -- Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Center for Distributed Object Computing, Washington University, St. Louis 58 60 1A E8 7A 66 F4 44 74 9F 3C D4 EF BF 35 88 1024/8A04D15D 1998/08/26
