C++ is quite commonly used for desktop applications with low performance requirements, on machines with plenty of horsepower. As you say, it's rather a resource hog.
> -----Original Message----- > From: imre.le...@telenet.be [mailto:imre.le...@telenet.be] > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 2:47 AM > To: Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers. > Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS (ODIN) and 8086 compatibility > > C++ has become a very obscure language, that is generally not used very > often anymore. > > Objective C is much bigger then C++ now. > > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- > Van: "Steve Nickolas" <usots...@buric.co> > Aan: "Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers." > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > Verzonden: Dinsdag 26 mei 2015 17:25:54 > Onderwerp: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS (ODIN) and 8086 compatibility > > On Tue, 26 May 2015, Edouard Forler wrote: > > > Most of the tools (format, etc.) were written in C, but command.com, > > io.sys and msdos.sys were written in assembly. For me, ms-dos is just > > these three files and especially msdos.sys. > > I tend to favor this approach too. The resident components are better > written in ASM for speed and reduced memory footprint while the > userland > is better written in C for ease of development and code-sharing between > components. > > > C is OK. C++ can be awful. It takes a lot of cpu to make the dynamic > > dispatch and memory allocation, since it's object-based. That's > usually > > where the bottleneck lies. > > C++ is a terrible, imo, OS language. > > C is just at the right point between high level and low to be most > useful > for these things. > > -uso. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual- > Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable > Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
