GCC begins move to C++

GCC begins move to C++
[Development] Posted May 31, 2010 13:53 UTC (Mon) by corbet

It's now official: the GCC compiler is moving to a C++ implementation. "I am pleased to report that the GCC Steering Committee and the FSF have approved the use of C++ in GCC itself. Of course, there's no reason for us to use C++ features just because we can. The goal is a better compiler for users, not a C++ code base for its own sake." The next step is the bashing out of a set of C++ coding standards limiting the set of C++ language features which can be used.

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LLVM's C++ is every bit as usable and sane as Qt.

Which doesn't say much, but if I were forced at gunpoint to use the language, I'd work with one of those two. They're about the only really sane C++ code I've seen.