Hi! I must admit that I'm not a big fan of C++ but at least it does not make me sick (like Perl does).
I usually have problems seeing what you can gain from using C++ over C? + you get better abstraction with C++. + you get templates which may simplify some things. + you get operator overloading. + you get a real inheritance system. (I'll keep STL and Boost out of this list as I consider these something else than C++) Yes, these are sometimes good things, but I opt to say these could be bad things as well. True: you get better abstraction. Templates however can give really strange side effects. Operator overloading is also a feature that takes away control of the programmer, and can lead to hours in the debugger. I also see really little use for operator overloading in backgammon software. Maybe in the search algorithm can overload > and < ? Maybe a board type can operator overload + for a move to apply the move to a board. But really, I don't feel that enhances the readability. Getting a real inheritance system is not only good either. OO Designer will say that you should basically not inherit, since inheritance is the hardest coupling of them all. HAS-A is better than an IS-A. Abstract types and interfaces are ok, but you can mimic that in C as well. (Abstraction C can also be really good!) I would say that we should stay away from C++ at any means, but rather make a lower level interface to Python. Just my $0.02. -Øystein On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Michael Petch <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy All, > > Last July Richard Stallman made one significant change to the GNU Coding > Standard so that it no longer prefer C to other such languages. > > This was a significant departure from the original coding standard which > preferred C over other languages, and chided C++ in particular. > > The latest coding standard can always be found here: > http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Source-Language.html#Source-Language > > I am curious what people think of having C++ modules as part of the > mainline source code tree. > > In particular I was thinking of using code compatible with C++98. Are > there environments we are targeting that don't have access to a C++ > compiler? or where G++ isn't available etc? > > Would appreciate any thoughts people may have on this. > > -- > Michael Petch > CApp::Sysware Consulting Ltd. > OpenPGP FingerPrint=D81C 6A0D 987E 7DA5 3219 6715 466A 2ACE 5CAE 3304 > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
