On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 11:10:02PM -0800, Ian Romanick wrote: > Jens Owen wrote: > > > > Concern #1: Acceptance into XFree86, etc. Creating dependencies on > >C++ compilers could be a big issue for some of the major projects that > >utilize our code. > > This is probably the biggest issue. I think if we agree to use a > reasonable subset of C++, we should have a good chance. This is > probably something we should bring up on [EMAIL PROTECTED] sooner rather > than later.
I don't know, Ian... It will only start a flame where people would step in to say "how C++ is the holy grail" or "how C++ is evil"... How can it not be, if people in [EMAIL PROTECTED] have nothing else to base their opinions? A 3D driver is a complex beast - I myself can't yet picture how everything detail will fit in the final picture, most people here on DRI devel can't imagine either just by my descriptions, so how can the people of [EMAIL PROTECTED] understand the need to use C++ in a 3D driver? On the other hand, if we manage to write something which is actually used and yields significant advantages, how can they possibly dismiss it? Also I think we should choose the C++ subset used (or in better words, the C++ programming paradigms used) on a technical basis, and that alone. If you want, you can ping opinions on the [EMAIL PROTECTED], but if that turns into a flame on the C++ language I'll bail out immediately - it's pointless to argue such things and I'd rather invest that energy in coding. I'd really prefer waiting to have something to show. Finally, there are a few XFree86 developers in this list. I assume that if they haven't made any comment so far it's because they're also waiting to see. After all, we all read everyday things like "the killer app Linux needs is..", "X is deprecated", "why not use language-I'm-learning-on-my-degree, it's great!", which are completely detached from reality. This is not what I want. José Fonseca __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
