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[Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Elizabeth M Smith
<emsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As we discussed during the summit and is mentioned on the wiki:

Ah, found it.

> Few dependencies
> Fast
> Small
> Binding facilities for most high level languages are common
>
> The ability to tie a C library into anything and everything is the biggest
> reason to use C over C++, using and binding to C++ libraries (especially in
> most languages - they tend to be written in C) is a real headache - actually
> beyond a headache, most times it's just a recipe for failure.

C++ can do C bindings as well, can't it? Our bindings should certainly be C.
Doesn't C++ share the other advantages?

Olaf