Hi, I also like C very much even if I prefer C++ Please note that I was asking to introduce C++ not to re-write (which would be a total non-sense)
I just repeat that I use sqlite every days, and I find it awesome, I love it. C or C++? at the end : who cares? I strongly believe that the persons are essential, more than the programming language Cheers, Sylvain On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Rob Sciuk <r...@controlq.com> wrote: > > John Stanton wrote: > > This is something of a digression but is pertinent. Colleagues who > > worked with Bjarne Thorstrup (inventer of C++) tell me that Bjarne was > > disillusioned with C++ and its wide deployment and would encourage > > people not to use it unless there were clear advantages. > > > > In our own company we came to the same conclusion as Dr Hipp and used > > ANSI C for our compilers and database software. C can be anything you > > want it to be. For example you can ensure portability by incorporating > > your own memory management system and tightly manage your use of > > foreign libraries. for quality assurance You have access to highly > > optimizing compilers which can produce executables as good as those > > written by a skilled Assembler programmer. > > Good points. > > IIRC, Firebird, once a C based database system (Interbase by Borland), was > re-written in C++ by a team of people who simply "liked" C++. The change > happened between version 1.x and 2.x I think. The upshot is, there was a > fork in the project, but the 1.x code lives on. It seemed to me a lot of > effort and I'm not sure what gains they are claiming, because I lost all > interest in Firebird when I realized that the project team were about to > pour a whole bunch of resources into re-writing it for its own sake, when > better returns could have been made on upgrading the existing code. > > Personally, I like SQLite (and ANS C for that matter) just fine the way > they > are. Perhaps Sylvain would prefer to have a look at the Firebird 2.x > project > for a C++ based DBMS should the implementation language be an issue. > > Cheers, > Rob Sciuk > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
