Folly - The Faceboook open source library

Re:Folly - The Faceboook open source library by tomjen3 on Sunday June 03, 2012 @06:06AM (#4060460)

I realise this is a dangerous subject, but I am genuinly curious: given the business you run and the work you do for the Freebsd team, why would you object to using c++, but not c?

I could understand why you would object to both, but why only the lower level language.

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Re:Folly - The Faceboook open source library by seiji on Sunday June 03, 2012 @08:11AM (#4060595)

Personally, I can't keep all of how C++ works in my brain at once. Most people end up limiting themselves to a "sane subset" of C++ to compensate for spec sprawl. But, everybody picks a different subset, so you can quickly stumble on things you think you know but don't work quite right when working on non-self-originated code.

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Re:Folly - The Faceboook open source library by cperciva on Sunday June 03, 2012 @02:33PM (#4061451)

given the business you run and the work you do for the Freebsd team

Are you getting confused between tptacek and me?

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Re:Folly - The Faceboook open source library by tptacek on Sunday June 03, 2012 @02:39PM (#4061468)

Hey, why don't you use C++? :)

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Re:Folly - The Faceboook open source library by cperciva on Sunday June 03, 2012 @05:13PM (#4061771)

I think Tavis put it best: C is easier to audit because it's transparent. With C++ you can have innocuous-looking source code and have the compiler doing all sorts of crazy things behind your back.

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Re:Folly - The Faceboook open source library by tptacek on Sunday June 03, 2012 @12:05PM (#4061083)

I don't work for the FreeBSD team.

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