[Freeciv-Dev] Re: OO model for Freeciv?

[Dan Ward <danward2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 20:16 2/5/2000, you wrote:
> On Tue, 02 May 2000, Dan Ward wrote:
> > >...C++ should bring clarity to our
> > >algorithms and make them easier to optimise. There are some bits of
> > >code currently so opaque no one understands them ;-)
> >
> > Utter nonsense, if some of the code is opaque it is because it has been
> > badly written; if the code's hard to optimise then it has been designed
> > poorly. Good design is much more important than choice of language.
> >
> > IMHO the time required to convert from C to C++ (a non-trivial task if you
> > want to do it properly) would be much better spent on adding new features
> > to the game.
> >
> >
> > Dan Ward
>
> Then I guess it makes no difference to you if you write in assembler or C?
> (Sorry for participating in the flamewar, but that was just too easy :) )
>
> -Thue
Nope. It takes much longer to develop in ASM than it does in C or C++ 
especially as you'd have to write the code for each supported platform :)
I don't want to get into a flamewar either I was trying to point out that 
design & good coding is more important than choice of language. Unless we 
need to do a significant re-write I can't see the advantage of moving to 
C++ (silver bullets don't work in the real world).
Dan