[bitc-dev] why the switch to c++?

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

[Answering a privately sent question]

At a certain point the complexity of the compiler got big enough that Python
was no longer the right tool. We went to C++ rather than C because we wanted
to use smart pointers. In hindsight, we should have stuck with C.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Sam Rushing <sam at rushing.nightmare.com>wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, what prompted the switch from Python to C++ for
> BitC?
> Was it performance?  I haven't had to worry about it yet because gcc
> dominates compile times...
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Sam
>
>
>
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