Re: Flood of commits from July?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 08:08:53 -0700
> Cc: GavinSmith0123@gmail.com, bug-texinfo@gnu.org
> From: Per Bothner <per@bothner.com>
> 
> On 10/5/24 11:14 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > If we are seriously considering rewriting Texinfo in a different
> > language, why should we limit ourselves to C++?  Nowadays there are
> > better, safer languages out there.
> 
> Which ones?

Rust, for example.  Even Python.

> > Of course rewriting the package is a very large job, and should not be
> > decided upon lightly.
> 
> However, converting existing C code to (working but not idiomatic) C++ is 
> pretty easy.

No, it isn't.  Look at GDB: they are still doing it, after so many
years.

What is easy is to compile a C program with a C++ compiler, but that
is hardly a change for the better.

Anyway, it isn't for us to decide, so I see no reason to continue this
discussion between the two of us.