> Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 16:02:08 -0700 > From: Per Bothner <p...@bothner.com> > > On 10/5/24 10:37 AM, Gavin Smith wrote: > > And that is precisely what I DON'T want to happen. I am not willing to > > work on texi2any any more if parts of it start being written in C++. > > That is sad to hear. It is quite clear to me that C++ is a much more suited > implementation language than C, at least for texinfo. (I have written and > maintained a lot of code in both. For what it's worth, gcc was converted > to a C++ implementation some time ago, not sure when.) > > Perhaps it is appropriate to use a "legacy" programming language to implement > a "legacy" documentation language ...
If we are seriously considering rewriting Texinfo in a different language, why should we limit ourselves to C++? Nowadays there are better, safer languages out there. Of course rewriting the package is a very large job, and should not be decided upon lightly. In any case, this decision is a prerogative of Gavin and Patrice. We the interested bystanders have no say, we can only offer a friendly advice.
