Re: Is Perl written in C?

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From	Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Is Perl written in C?
Date	Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:35:25 +1300
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On 03/ 6/12 04:08 AM, BGB wrote:
> On 3/5/2012 1:53 AM, nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com wrote:
>> On Sunday, March 4, 2012 4:48:35 PM UTC, BGB wrote:
>>> On 3/4/2012 2:56 AM, Juha Nieminen wrote:
>>>> BGB<cr88192@hotmail.com>    wrote:
>>
>>>>> I looked briefly at LLVM before, and it looked sort of like someone was
>>>>> all like "C++ isn't like Java enough, we sort of need to do it more like
>>>>> Java, but more badly...".
>>>>
>>>>      What's the point in using C++ if you will be writing in Java anyways?
>>>
>>> I am not saying anyone was using Java, rather LLVM seemed to have been
>>> written in a vaguely Java-like style, with one-class-per-file, large
>>> numbers to includes to include each header file, ...
>>
>> one-class-per-file is quite a common way to package C++. I wouldn't describe it as Java-like.
>>
>
> it is found in some code-bases, but is far from universal.
> for example, Doom3 is C++, and it doesn't follow this convention.
> likewise for many other programs using C++.

Never the less, it is still common and many small files more more 
parallel/distributed build friendly.

> Java mandates using one-class-per-file by its design, and people who
> also follow this convention rarely use top-level functions, ...
>
> C++ code using one-class-per-file tends to gain a vaguely Java-like
> appearance, or at least brings up the annoyance of having to open up
> lots of text editors in order to look over the code.

Ever heard of tabs?  I have precisely one editor open.

> personally, I prefer currently around 1000-2000 lines of code per file
> (as a limit, ideal IMO is maybe closer to 500-1000 lines), as this makes
> it less annoying to deal with (when reading code).

It's a lot quicker to font the SomeClass tab than look for the class in 
a big file.

-- 
Ian Collins

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  Re: Is Perl written in C? Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2012-03-03 08:38 -0600
    Re: Is Perl written in C? Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-03 22:41 +0800
    Re: Is Perl written in C? Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-03 22:43 +0800
      Re: Is Perl written in C? Sam <sam@email-scan.com> - 2012-03-03 09:23 -0600
        Re: Is Perl written in C? Andy Champ <no.way@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-03 17:08 +0000
          Re: Is Perl written in C? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-03-04 07:02 +0000
        Re: Is Perl written in C? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-03 12:08 -0700
        Re: Is Perl written in C? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2012-03-03 20:45 +0100
          Re: Is Perl written in C? William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-03-03 19:13 -0800
            Re: Is Perl written in C? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-04 00:01 -0700
              Re: Is Perl written in C? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-03-04 09:56 +0000
                Re: Is Perl written in C? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-04 09:48 -0700
                Re: Is Perl written in C? nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com - 2012-03-05 00:53 -0800
                Re: Is Perl written in C? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-05 08:08 -0700
                Re: Is Perl written in C? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-03-06 08:38 +0900
                Re: Is Perl written in C? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-05 17:06 -0700
                Re: Is Perl written in C? Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-03-06 10:00 +0900
                Re: Is Perl written in C? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-05 19:35 -0700
                Re: Is Perl written in C? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-03-06 09:29 +0000
                Re: Is Perl written in C? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-06 09:20 -0700
                Re: Is Perl written in C? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-06 13:35 +1300
                Re: Is Perl written in C? BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-05 19:24 -0700
            Re: Is Perl written in C? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-03-04 09:58 +0000

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