Re: Gmail idea

2006-12-25 Thread David Cuthbert
David Kelly wrote: Sounds like usenet to me. Simply merge email with usenet in one application, insert an email to usenet gateway, and have exactly what you describe. Already exisits. Indeed. I am reading this thread in a newsreader on gmane.os.freebsd.chat. Visit www.gmane.org for the gory

Re: Why is not more FreeBSD software written in C++?

2006-04-22 Thread David Cuthbert
Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Whatever you may think, C and C++ are not defined by ANSI. I took contention with your notion that they didn't "care one whit" about ANSI, not that C/C++ are defined by ANSI. And please get a proper MUA, so I don't have to fix your quoting when replying. You're

Re: Why is not more FreeBSD software written in C++?

2006-04-22 Thread David Cuthbert
Don Dugger wrote: > C++ and C are languages that are defined by ANSI Dag-Erling Smørgrav replied: No they're not. It may surprise you to learn that there is a whole world outside the USA which does not care one whit about ANSI. This would be news to those involved in the standardization proce

Re: Why is not more FreeBSD software written in C++?

2006-04-19 Thread David Cuthbert
Benjamin Lutz wrote: Why is it that C++ is not used for our programs? The C++ compiler is in the base and built by default, and the OOP paradigm is a nice one, that many programmers, especially the younger ones (like me :) ) are probably more familiar with than the tricks and techniques used in