On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:30:51 +0200, Sylvain Pointeau
<sylvain.point...@gmail.com> wrote:

>... because I experienced C++ to be easier with the classes and resource
>management via the destructor.I was just wondering why C++ is not used?
>
>was it for a performance issue?
>or a compiler issue?

What Virgilio said:

: Because there are many platforms that 
: sqlite runs (and can run at some time)
: that doesn't have a C++ compiler 
: available, but they always have a 
: C compiler.

>or anything else?

C is more portable than C++ (fewer dialects, more
standardized).

For ease of use on platforms with a decent C++ compiler,
there are good C++ wrappers. So, there is a choice for
application development.

>I just read the Linus Torvalds comment on the C++ for Git....
>What do you think?
>
>Cheers,
>Sylvain
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