Well, Personally I don't have any problem with introducing C++ into PHP so no argument there from me. I'm curious if using C++ as opposed to C would cause a performace hit?
John >-----Original Message----- >From: J Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 5:43 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] C++ extensions and ext_skel > > > >The door has always been open, as it has always been possible. >For instance, >the qtdom extension has some C++ components, as does the >dotnet extension. >This just sort of facilitates the, uh, moving through said door. > >If you're using ANSI/ISO-compliant (or mostly compliant) C and C++ >compilers, like the gcc suite or MSVC++, there shouldn't be >any problems. >(Famous last words, I know.) > >I get at least two emails a week about this sort of thing, so >clearly there >is interest. It seems that everyone who emails me is looking >to do it on >either a personal basis or for some proprietary extension, so >it's not like >PHP itself would suddenly become "polluted" with C++. > >J > > > >John Coggeshall wrote: > >> >> AFAIK, PHP is designed to function on any standard ANSI-compatible C >> compiler (as a goal). Unless this has changed, I don't know >if opening >> the door for C++ development is the best of ideas (IMHO) >> >> John >> >> > > >-- >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
