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GCC was written in C but changed to C++ later. A lot of the code still looks a lot like C. And as a contributor, I would much prefer it was purely C (and comp
by uecker 1y ago
GCC was written in C but changed to C++ later. A lot of the code still looks a lot like C. And as a contributor, I would much prefer it was purely C (and compilation times for GCC itself are a pain - although I think this is not because of C++ but because some files grew to big and some refactoring would be in order)
- pjmlp 1y agoDoesn't the change the fact that by now being written in C++, generates garbage code, as per your own words, thus unsuitable for consumption in C projects.