On 8/22/16, Mike Stump <mikest...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Aug 22, 2016, at 5:02 AM, Eric Gallager <eg...@gwmail.gwu.edu> wrote: >> >> As a rookie programmer considering possibly contributing to GCC in the >> future once I'm more confident in my abilities, switching to C++11 >> would increase the barrier for me to contribute. I currently really >> only know C, and I still have to learn C++ in general, much less all >> the new features added in C++11. > > Don't worry, we don't exploit every feature of the language on every line. > Most of the lines likely look just like plain C.
Right, I suppose that's true. And even if you did start using every feature of the language, there'd still be other work available in areas I'm more comfortable in, such as shell scripts, autoconf macros, and Makefiles... assuming you also continue using the same build system, that is...
