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From: rstevens@noao.edu (Rich Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Wisdom of using C++ in future DWB releases
Summary: groff is written en C++
Keywords: dwb, troff, pm, C++
Message-ID: <1990Nov9.211212.5597@noao.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 90 21:12:12 GMT
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Note that the entire groff package (gpic, geqn, gtroff, etc.) is
written in C++.  This was not unsurmountable when I brought groff
up, since I could easily use GNU's g++.  But having to bring up
g++ (and the g++ library, and gcc [since g++ uses parts of gcc])
did add several hours to the task.

One other comment is that people paying $20k or $30k for the DWB
source can probably afford their vendor's C++.  But, I'd guess
firms that port DWB to lots of platforms would have to pay for
a lot of C++ compilers.

Personally, I think we'll start seeing more and more software
written in C++ (which is why I didn't mind putting the effort
into bringing g++ up).

	Rich Stevens