Re: gEDA-user: Open GL survey (for PCB)

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 28, 2009, at 11:24 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>>> and C++?
>>
>>    NOOOOOO!  We have enough portability problems as it is.
>
> At this point, I don't think C++ would reduce portability.  Actually,
> since C++ is a more standard-requiring language, it might even help.

   Theoretically speaking, I agree, but I (like you, I suspect)  
compile software all the time...and if something is written in C++,  
that tends to about triple the chances of my having to spend all damn  
afternoon getting it built.

   And actually, though, the portability problems that are giving me  
heartburn lately are with gEDA, not PCB proper.  GTK (and its thirty  
or so dependencies) is a big pain in the ass for anyone who is not  
running the absolute latest release of Linux on a PC.  I am STILL  
fighting with it, and I've made some progress, though I've given up  
for now.  I managed to get everything built, but now anything GTK- 
related (including gtk-demo) drops core with something related to  
threading.  That stuff has serious problems.

             -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL




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