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From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] g++
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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:12:31 -0600
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Peter Bosch wrote:

> why do we need it?  to write unreadable and unmaintainable code?


that's certainly a big part of it.

But, actually, there's a lot of C++ code out there for apps people care
about, and if you can't support them, then those potential plan 9 users
will go somewhere else.

At some point you have to make compromises if you want to have some
relevance.

I'd like to see Plan 9 come back out of its vmware hole-in-the-ground. To
do this, it needs users.

So, yes, C++ really sucks. But, if you want to see Plan 9 in wide use (I
do), then you get C++ on Plan 9.

ron