GCC Switches From C to C++ 406
According to a post on the GNU Compiler Collection list, GCC is now built as a C++ program by default. This is the fruition of much effort, and the goal now is to clean up the GCC internals that are reportedly pretty type-unsafe by rewriting them using C++ classes and templates.
Major *nix app using C++ (Score:4, Funny)
I'll go get my cats-and-dogs umbrella.
Re:Incoming Torvalds' post (Score:2, Funny)
umbrellas? I'm getting some popcorn and a comfortable chair. this is going to be epic.
Next steps (Score:1, Funny)
The next step is switch from C++ to Java.
Then, finally, switch to PHP as the default language to build GCC.
C++ is Dead, Long Live Java (Score:5, Funny)
C++ is as good as dead.
Everything should be written in java, since this would give a huge speed increase.
For even more speed, programs could be run on a java interpreter, running on a java interpreter written in java.
Think of the raw speed!
Re:too bad GCC is not relevant anymore thanks to L (Score:5, Funny)
I assure you your refrigerator temperature thermostat was not programmed in GCC.
That's because its CPU is a bi-metallic strip wound into a coil, and it's RAM is only one bit. The equivalent of running .configure and make is rotating a dial and tightening a screw.
Re:Classes/Templates are not a magic bullet ... (Score:5, Funny)
I find that jerks who bitch the most are often the worst at writing code, sorry just sayin. Big ego = ass hat to work with and awful at writing code. C# might work out better for ya.
Shouldn't that be:
Big ego == ass hat
Re:Classes/Templates are not a magic bullet ... (Score:5, Funny)
No, it's definitely an assignment.
C++? (Score:4, Funny)
C++? seriously?
That's it, I'm switching to LLVM!
Re:Major *nix app using C++ (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Major *nix app using C++ (Score:5, Funny)
Linus must be screaming inside.
Linus never allows his screaming to stay on the inside