Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] Programming language

[Steve H. <S.W...@ec...>]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:15:10 +0200, Antti Boman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I know you're in the design phase of LinuxSampler, but have you decided 
> the programming language yet? I suppose it's C or C++, but which one?
> 
> Why I'm asking this is that I'm much more familiar with plain C, and 
> thus much more willing to contribute my coding skills to the project if 
> plain C is used. OTOH, wouldn't be bad refreshing my C++ skills.

I agree with this FWIW. I am willing to use c++, as long as we dont use
anything too hairy, but would rather not. I dont see any need for
templates or exceptions for example.

the only thing that looks like it should be a class are the ringbuffers,
and I've seen (and written) very clean C OO-style ringbuffers. People
sometimes get carried away with OO design.

Arguments in favour of C are the maximum compatibility with libraries and
stuff, and speed (arguably).

Arguments in favour of C++ are stronger typing.

- Steve