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From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com>
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Subject: RE: Move GDB to C++ ?
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:03:00 -0000
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Paul Koning wrote on 10 July 2008 21:04:

>>>>>> "Stan" == Stan Shebs <stanshebs@earthlink.net> writes:
> 
>  Stan> Mark Kettenis wrote:
>  >>  I think this is an absolutely retarded idea.  C++ is a horrible
>  >> programming language.
>  >>
>  Stan> Okay... so, uh, since C++ is basically a superset of C,
>  Stan> presumably the horribleness you are thinking of relates to
>  Stan> specific extensions.
> 
> Maybe not.  C is horrible, too.  But I'm afraid it's unlikely that GDB
> will get ported to, say, Modula-2.
> 
> :-)
> 
> 	paul

  On the other hand, Modula-2 is horrible also.  But I'm afraid it's
unlikely that GDB will get ported to, say, befunge.

;-)

    cheers,
      DaveK
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