On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Richard Kenner <ken...@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote: >> So, from your perspective, a request >> >> to use (a subset of) C++ for compiling GCC >> >> is hardly detailed technical issue. > > Actually, I don't consider an issue of what programming language to use as > a "detailed" issue, but rather a pretty fundamental one. It can be a > purely *technical* issue (though not a "detail") if it doesn't touch on a > philosophical issue, but it *isn't* if it does, as in this case.
would you mind elaborating on the philosophical issue here? > > Similarly, which of two possible algorithms to use *can* be a > *detailed* technical issue, but stops being one if one of those two > choices has a patent issue. By your analogy, which part of C++ do you consider has patent issue compared to Ada? -- Gaby >
