On Wed, 19 May 1999, Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote: > Notably, I'm going to be writing it in C++. This will add about 270k > to the boot disks' root image, but as the floppy install methods are for the > most part phasing out under the shadow of easier methods, I'm not going to > lose any sleep over this. libstdc++ can be minimized for static linkage > anyway. > Why C++? Well, personally, I have been seeing all of these > applications pop recently that are for package management, aside from dpkg. > Examples include dconfig and apt. Other ideas have been floating about, like > source dependencies and binary diffs.
Specifically what features of C++ are you planning on using? > I will pursue it, and let the chips fall where they may. Good luck. - Tom