On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:29:42 AM UTC-5, Felix.Frank wrote: > > On 09/29/2014 05:19 AM, Kylo Ginsberg wrote: > > I'm good with JVM, but C++ feels like a backward step in many regards. >> My judgment here may be clouded by reading too many blogpost of them >> naysayers. >> > > C++ should be a forward step from a performance/footprint perspective. > I'm guessing your backward step is from an ease of devel/debug perspective > for core? But say more so the concern is clear. > > Keep in mind that this would just be C++ for the client *core*. Puppet > very much needs to continue to support its existing Ruby API for extensions > (e.g. type and providers, custom facts). And yes this implies that the API > needs to be *defined* better than it is today (which is undoubtedly going > to take some collective rolling up of sleeves). > > > Hi, > > well I did read some arguments for C++ being quite flawed from a language > design perspective. I found those very compelling, but sadly cannot find > the link. >
I'm fine with C (which I use a lot), and I love Java, JVM and all. I'm satisfied with a wide variety of scripting languages. Although it's not chic, I even like Fortran for certain uses. But I hate C++. As for a link, the C++ Frequently Questioned Answers <http://yosefk.com/c++fqa/> helped me crystallize some of my previously less-focused distaste for C++. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/91faa7cf-b1b2-4b23-97e2-8c564f9f648c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
