From: Branan R. <br...@gm...> - 2008-09-02 21:36:57
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We're getting a lot of flac for choosing C over C++, especially now that people have had a chance to see the math library. I still think C was the right decision, but it's very hard to convince everyone of this. C gives beter access to under-the-hood stuff for the curious neophyte than a complicated C++ class/template library would. We should, however, better articulate our reasons for choosing C, and get a better answer on the subject in the FAQ. The current answer just won't cut it in the long term, especially since C is percieved as an old, crusty language by many (Knackered's comments in the forum thread illustrate this quite vividly). Any thoughts on how we should handle this would be appreciated. I may be the de facto PR guy, but that doesn't mean I'm actually any good at PR :-P Branan |