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Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:08:51 +0100
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Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
> 
> On May 16, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Ben Laurie wrote:
> 
>>
>> I'm pretty sure we want a framework in C/C++, whatever components  are 
>> developed in.
> 
> 
> +1
> 
>>
>> Question to the floor: if it had to be one of C and C++, which  would 
>> you prefer?
> 
> 
> C++
> 
> Oog. <grunt> Thog like to bang rocks, but Thog also like inheritance,  
> ABCs and generics.

Plus it looks like we're going to get STL at the ASF soon, too :-)

If we do use C++, then we need to be pretty strict about the subset. So 
long as we have a good variety of platforms amongst developers I imagine 
that'll Just Happen(tm).

What, btw, are ABCs?

Cheers,

Ben.

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