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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by 1024core on Saturday September 17, 2022 @03:10PM (#32880424)
> Do you know such people who work on large software systems, as opposed to, say, micro-controller firmware, or kernel drivers and such?

Redis is written entirely in C.

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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by jrockway on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:09PM (#32881101)
I really don't think Redis is a large software system. Things like Firefox, Chrome, AAA games, etc. are what I'd call large C++ systems.
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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by summerlight on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:26PM (#32881245)
I don't think that Redis qualifies as a large software system in the modern standard. In fact, it's popular because it's simple, small and understandable compared to its competitors which comprises of many millions of lines of code.
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Re:Cppfront, Herb Sutter's proposal for a new C++ syntax by einpoklum on Saturday September 17, 2022 @06:38PM (#32882289)
Redis is ~200K lines of C code, so it's relevant project-size-wise, but - redis was started in C, right? It's not like developers now have the option to "go C++" without a company-wide decision.

Still, if could quote Redis developers making the GP's claim, that would count.

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