> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 08:08:53 -0700 > Cc: gavinsmith0...@gmail.com, bug-texinfo@gnu.org > From: Per Bothner <p...@bothner.com> > > On 10/5/24 11:14 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > 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. > > Which ones?
Rust, for example. Even Python. > > Of course rewriting the package is a very large job, and should not be > > decided upon lightly. > > However, converting existing C code to (working but not idiomatic) C++ is > pretty easy. No, it isn't. Look at GDB: they are still doing it, after so many years. What is easy is to compile a C program with a C++ compiler, but that is hardly a change for the better. Anyway, it isn't for us to decide, so I see no reason to continue this discussion between the two of us.
