[illumos-Developer] Illumos issue 278: (eliminate python dependency from zfs command)

[Damian Wojsław]

Quoting Alexander Stetsenko <ams at nexenta.com>:

> Hi Gordon
>
> On 10/21/2010 06:22 AM, Gordon Ross wrote:
>> see below
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Alexander  
>> Stetsenko<ams at nexenta.com>  wrote:

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>> I realize the "C++ is Evil!" bigots may jump on my case
>> over this suggestion, but for this particular usage, I'd
>> suggest this is a better approach than converting that
>> code into a language with no classes or inheritance.
>>
>> My humble opinion.
>>
>> (And if you haven't guessed, I don't subscribe to the
>> "C++ is Evil!" fan club.  My view is that no language
>> prevents people from writing unmaintainable code:)
>>
> I really like C++ and I guess it is the best for application development,
> but for system stuff C is better (IMHO :)
> If you want C++ for zfs we have to rewrite zfs command completely.
> I really do not want to be drown in zfs improving :)
>> Gordon
>>

apt-get was written in C++ IITC and I found it fast, functional and  
just working for years now, so I don't see a reason not to use it.

-- 
Damian Wojsław


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