[Freeciv-Dev] Re: curiosity

[Marc Butler <marcbutler@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:47:48 -0800, Paul Zastoupil wrote:
>On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 08:32:13PM -0500, Andrew Sutton wrote:
>> On Friday 30 November 2001 07:32 pm, Paul Zastoupil wrote:
>> > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 05:16:06PM -0500, Andrew Sutton wrote:
>> > > On Friday 30 November 2001 03:58 pm, Reinier Post wrote:
>> > > > As usual, I won't bring in much code, but I'll comment
>>anyway ...
>> > > > wouldn't it be better to switch to C++ or even Java for 2.0?
>> > >
>> > > ahhh... you speak my language :) C++ is probably a better
>>solution for
>> > > the server. a default client could be written using Qt. so,
>>let's switch
>> > > to c++ for version 2.0 - unless anybody can provide a solid
>>reason why
>> > > not (don't forget performance degradation is a myth).
>> >
>> > Isn't there a problem of portablility with C++?
>>
>> to what? embedded systems? maybe... as long as we avoid
>>namespaces, complex
>> templates and basically really intricate c++ (like using the
>>typename
>> operator) there shouldn't be too many portability issues.
>>
>> e.g. take SGI's STL. it works on tons of systems with tons of
>>compilers.
>> another example: ACE (Adaptive Communications Environment). lots
>>of
>> compilers, lots of systems - and it's overcomming libc and
>>libstdc++
>> incompatibilities and differences. also, Qt.
>>
>> c++ should present no incompatibilities as long as we stay away
>>from some of
>> the newer features that haven't been implemented for all
compilers.
>
>Are there c++ compilers for all the platforms listed at:
>http://www.freeciv.org/reqs.html
>

Most of the platforms by virtue of the fact gcc/g++ have been ported
to them.  I'm not sure about the Amiga though.

As a side note; object oriented (OO) programming is possible in C,
GTK+ is proof of this fact.  If the plan to embed a scripting
language such as scheme via guile (as stated on the webpage), this
might relieve the pressures felt now.  Though like C++ it is no
panacea.

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Marc Butler, marcbutler@xxxxxxx on 11/30/2001