From: imp@boulder.parcplace.com (Warner Losh) Subject: Re: ALPHA-pl11 available on nic: C++ support Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1993 21:01:13 GMT
I'd like to put in my two cents for C++ support. After using it for
years in the user interface arena, I think that the OS area could
benefit from it. Especially in the area of file system support or
protocol stack stuff. Derive a new class and override the virtuals
and you are set. And the compiler will tell you if you messed
something up.
I haven't noticed that g++ is any slower than gcc. The biggest thing
that seems to determine compile time is the size of the include files
that you need to include (look at oi.H, for example). I think that it
takes a little more memory than gcc, but only when C++ things are
used, but not significantly more memory, like say cfront....
Warner
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