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[Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Rivera, Rafael
<rafael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/20/2010 4:03 PM, Trent Nelson wrote:
>> I'm perplexed why anyone would want to forgo the advantages of C++ for
>> C; I can make my C++ DLLs just as small as C ones.  And, like, what if
>> I want a linked list, or a hash, or a set, are we planning on writing
>> all of those from scratch?  Even string handling alone seems like a
>> huge win.
>
> The major concern was dependencies. If we move to C++, we'd have to then
> start binding to, redistribute, and service the Microsoft Visual C++
> runtimes. If we used the latest version of the runtimes, for example,
> we'd drop support for Windows XP Service Pack 0, 1, and 2 machines plus
> exclude anyone using the Starter Edition SKU. (The latest runtimes don't
> install on these platforms.)

Static binding...

Olaf