From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7254 invoked by alias); 18 Apr 2012 16:23:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 7240 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Apr 2012 16:23:18 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:23:05 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2B661C6CCE; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:23:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 4nXTmodmZF-2; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:23:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1FBA1C6CCB; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:23:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C0C6C145616; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:22:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:23:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Jan Kratochvil Cc: Pedro Alves , Tom Tromey , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Will therefore GDB utilize C++ or not? Message-ID: <20120418162255.GD25623@adacore.com> References: <4F832D5B.9030308@redhat.com> <20120409190519.GA524@host2.jankratochvil.net> <4F833D29.4050102@redhat.com> <20120416065456.GA30097@host2.jankratochvil.net> <4F8ECB72.70708@redhat.com> <20120418151553.GA16768@host2.jankratochvil.net> <4F8EDD7B.2010602@redhat.com> <20120418155354.GA17912@host2.jankratochvil.net> <20120418160644.GC25623@adacore.com> <20120418161315.GC18303@host2.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120418161315.GC18303@host2.jankratochvil.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-04/txt/msg00122.txt.bz2 > What can change? C++ usage is already decreasing, most of the new > development is in Java. If C++ is already not suitable it will never > be. Many things can change. Just one example: The constraints placed on GDB/GDBserver could change and lead to a more positive terrain for C++ adoption. Maybe, one day, the conditions will be right. Just not today. -- Joel