On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 04:09:44AM -0600, Jamie Ostrowski wrote: > > > Is C++ the death star to C? I just read some news that shocked me! > When I saw this I asked the kernel hackers here at work about this. What they tell me is this in a nutshell and edited for space. a: gcc has been nearly completely integrated into egcs b: egcs compiles both C, and C++ c: Noone would do kernel/device driver or other low-level hacking in C++ So fear not young jedi, the rebelion is far from crushed. > Page 420-421 O'Reilly "Running Linux" 3rd edition: > >"There's also a new kid on the block, egcs. egcs is not a completely new >compiler, but is based on gcc. egcs has some advanced optimization >features and is especially strong when it comes to C++ features like >templates and namespaces. If you are going to do serious C++ programming, >you will probably want to check it out"... > > (My C happy-face wrinkles repugnantly at the visual of a template, point >and click object-oriented Candy Land) > > > "The Free Software Foundation has recently announced that egcs will >become their default compiler, thus replacing egcs' own ancestor gcc." > > !!!!!????!!!!!????? > > Is C on a one way trip to Hades, to join its friends B and COBOL >in an icy logic tomb while fuzzy windows move into town?? > > - Jamie > >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Ben Lutgens cell: 612.670.4789 http://www.sistina.com/ Sistina Software Inc. work: 612.379.3951 Code Monkey Support (A.K.A. System Administrator) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20001127/af19e872/attachment.pgp