Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] OSC vs MIDI
From: Dave Griffiths (dave_AT_pawfal.org)
Date: Wed Sep 01 2004 - 11:32:46 EEST
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:04:48 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote
> On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 14:44, Robert Jonsson wrote:
> > > Getting off topic here, but there's a little more to it than that. 1
> > > Syntactic sugared implementation is much much more preferable to 101
> > > conventions for doing OOP with void pointers.
> > > Things like typesafety, getting rid of macros in favour of inline
> > > functions. The STL is another real reason to use C++ - the closest we have
> > > to a standard for that sort of stuff. UML etc... There are a lot of very
> > > practical reasons for using C++.
> >
> > Ahhh, I fear an outbreak of the unstoppable language zealot virus is
imminent!
> > Once it gets airborne nothing can stop it!
> >
> > Ahh, it's probably already to late... I can hear the sound of eager fingers
> > tapping on keyboards... save yourselves!!
>
> I can't say I've ever actually come across a C++ "zealot".. most
> seem to have an opinion similar to mine:
>
> C++ sucks.
>
> However, it sucks less than anything else I could use to do audio
> development on linux right now.
I agree, I didn't mean to come across as a zealot :)
dave
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