> Have you a preference for using c++ in netman? The frontend is a complex piece of software using lists. Some parts were complicated to code even in Lazarus Pascal: imagine the complexity required to achieve the same thing in C.
Edward > On 22/11/2015, Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > Rainer Weikusat <rainerweiku...@virginmedia.com> writes: > > [...] > >> This mechanism as certain tendency make C++ developers go bezerk with a >> particular type of strong rage, but it's entirely usuable in practice, >> although more work than having it all laid out for oneself. > > In the interest of fairness: This 'more work' of course translates to > 'more opportunities for getting stuff wrong' and there's the additional > problem of "get away with it"-ism, especially in closed source software: > At least some people will - either based on principle[*] or because it > saves them work or they at least believe it will - break every 'softly > imposed' rule the believe to be able to get away with breaking. Hence, > unless the language/ compiler enforces access restrictions to > supposed-to-be internal-use only members of a data structure, people > will ignore them. > > [*] I've actually encountered people who refused to comply with > technical documentation on the ground that they aren't taking orders > from strangers ... > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
