On 09/29/2014 05:19 AM, Kylo Ginsberg wrote: > > I'm good with JVM, but C++ feels like a backward step in many > regards. My judgment here may be clouded by reading too many > blogpost of them naysayers. > > > C++ should be a forward step from a performance/footprint perspective. > I'm guessing your backward step is from an ease of devel/debug > perspective for core? But say more so the concern is clear. > > Keep in mind that this would just be C++ for the client *core*. Puppet > very much needs to continue to support its existing Ruby API for > extensions (e.g. type and providers, custom facts). And yes this > implies that the API needs to be *defined* better than it is today > (which is undoubtedly going to take some collective rolling up of > sleeves).
Hi, well I did read some arguments for C++ being quite flawed from a language design perspective. I found those very compelling, but sadly cannot find the link. That being said, I'm sure it can't hurt to get some practice with it again. Made my peace with the prospect and by now even kind of looking forward to seeing what you guys whip up. Cheers, Felix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/542AB03C.5040609%40Alumni.TU-Berlin.de. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
