Read
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Source-Language.html#Source-Language
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"Richard Stallman and other GNU Project volunteers....."
C has one other advantage over C++ and other compiled languages: more people
know C, so more people will find it easy to read and modify the program if it
is written in C.
So in general it is much better to use C, rather than the comparable
alternatives.
But there are two exceptions to that conclusion:
It is no problem to use another language to write a tool specifically
intended for use with that language. That is because the only people who want
to build the tool will be those who have installed the other language anyway.
If an application is of interest only to a narrow part of the community,
then the question of which language it is written in has less effect on other
people, so you may as well please yourself.
Many programs are designed to be extensible: they include an interpreter
for a language that is higher level than C. Often much of the program is
written in that language, too. The Emacs editor pioneered this technique.
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Zico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Man... Linus
really really don`t like C++. Observer his attitude here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/57643/focus=57918
Best,
Zico
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"free software is a movement, a way of life....
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ "
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