[Answering a privately sent question] At a certain point the complexity of the compiler got big enough that Python was no longer the right tool. We went to C++ rather than C because we wanted to use smart pointers. In hindsight, we should have stuck with C.
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Sam Rushing <[email protected]>wrote: > Just out of curiosity, what prompted the switch from Python to C++ for > BitC? > Was it performance? I haven't had to worry about it yet because gcc > dominates compile times... > > Thanks, > > -Sam > > >
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