Re: [orbitcpp-list] announcing o2cpp

[Andreas K. <ak...@ix...>]

Hi Phil,

Phil dawes wrote:
> 
> Cool - was I really that rude?

Guess so :) Nah, you did not quite hurt my feelings, but neither did I
feel you'd appreciate anything like a c++ port of the compiler at the
time.

> > * Choice of language
> 
> Fair enough (BTW, it's only the compiler that's written in python - all
> of the runtime is and will be in C++). What didn't you like about
> python?

True, it is only the compiler. But all this
get-python-install-automake-stuff-get-everything-to-work-retry-several-times
can really suck, and I believe it can scare people off, even coders.
People that are looking for a c++ binding do know c++, but they might
not know python. If they wanted to help properly, they'd have to know
both. 

(You want to know what i disliked about python? oh, plenty. not that i
had actually tried, but there were several things that pissed me off
enormously. first, python is not as declarative, as, say, c++. this
makes code generally a bit harder to read. also, python does not try to
separate declaration and implementation. second, qualifying everything
with "self." does not contribute to either code legibility or coding
speed. Of course, the need for extra qualification is a direct
consequence of having no declarations. third, i did at first not like
the idea of a language being picky about whitespace. (I have changed my
opinion a little on this one) ... <insert more senseless criticism
here>... )

> What's your plan? Do you want to join forces / merge code?

Yup. :) My proposal would be to base the "new thing" (tm) upon your new
runtime code (see other mail) along with an adapted version of my idl
compiler. Which sucks because it is loads of work to do. Not that I'd
mind, but currently I'm facing one and a half month featuring five
exams, in two weeks' distance each. I guess I won't be able to do much
of the like until March 24, when the exams will finally be over. After
that date, however, I've got six weeks of free time (being a student is
not so bad after all :).

We might start real soon by putting everything into one cvs tree,
however.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Phil.
> 
> (BTW, I've put my thoughts and comments about the o2cpp implementation
> in another mail)

(your fault. you'll have to read two replies ;)

cu
andreas