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

[Gergely Buday]

Jonathan Shapiro wrote:

>> Just out of curiosity, what prompted the switch from Python to C++ for
>> BitC?
>
> 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.

Ever considered a functional language?

- Gergely