Re: [ng-spice] Readline Response


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From Manu Rouat <emmanuel.rouat@wanadoo.fr>
Date Wed, 25 Aug 1999 18:55:14 +0200
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Michele Quarantelli wrote:

> >
> > My feeling is that c++ should be avoided - if we intend to rewrite spice 
>entirely
> > (under a GPL license this time) then we can use ACS version 0.13 which is 
>still in C.
> >
> >
> > manu
> >
> Actually, if carefully coded C++ could give us more flexibility in the 
>future
> expansions of the simulator.


That's not really the point - C++ is far less commonly known than C in
the enginering world, significantly reducing the possible pool of
contributors and testers/patchers.

It's certainly not a coincidence that the majority of open source
projects are coded in C rather than C++.

manu

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