On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 19:47 +1000, Jonathan Kelly wrote:

> I do know c++, but not so as I could get a job, unfortunately. What I 
> really don't know is the libraries. Is it expected that felix programmes 
> will define directly c++ code (I guess meaning classes) and interact 
> with it, 

Yes.

> or is felix supposed to self sufficient

Yes.

>  but taking a leg up by 
> being able to use c++ libraries natively (or almost at least).

Yes.

All the above :)

>  It did 
> occur to me that of course the felix class construct was a little thin, 
> because you have direct access to c++ classes, 

Yes, basically I put least effort into classes because C++
is quite good with them already.

And most effort into functional programming, fibres,
and polymorphism, because C++ is hopeless at those things.

> >> How did it know how 
> >> to link in the libary, and what the library is?

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> I think that's all very cool!

The idea is 'flx' works like 'python' or 'perl' --
its a scripting language.

Oh .. a bit slow compiling.. but runs so damn fast
it outperforms C, and has static type checking and
features that make it suitable for programming-in-the-large.


-- 
John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net

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