This is to say, that as I have already dealt with porting large code-bases on HPUX, Solaris, AIX, Linux, Mac, and Windows, I could offer some time to help in this regards provided it actually goes into the main code stream and is used.
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Robert Buck <[email protected]> wrote: > Related to porting to C++, back when I helped port a large (8+ million > line) code base to C++ we had tougher issues than what is faced within > memcached, and the product was provably the better for it -- customers > noticed the increased level of stability that resulted in addressing a > host of latent bugs that C helped to hide. It is not terribly hard to > port to C++, but it takes commitment from all parties involved. As for > benefits, there were that ended up being resolved as a result. It was > a painful few months, but even the die-hard C-fans appreciated the > benefits. >
