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[Francois Gouget]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009, King InuYasha wrote:
[...]
> > Actually C++ is strictly forbidden in Wine. The only language that is
> > allowed is C; and then perl or sh for build scripts, etc.
[...]
> Why is only C allowed in the first place?

The reason why C++ was forbidden is that its ABI was not very stable 
with g++. That is a C++ compiled on one Linux machine was unlikely to 
run on another if the C++ libraries were of a different version. Besides 
the gcc C++ ABI was incompatible with the Microsoft C++ ABI so g++ did 
not have the argument of making it easier to implement these MS APIs.

I think the ABI stability is somewhat fixed now (though only time will 
tell), but I believe this still put quite a damper on introducing new 
languages in the Wine codebase.


> And isn't Obj-C supposed to be "a true superset" of C?

I've seen some Obj-C code and it looks really weird. Of course I've 
never 'learned' to program it so it's probably normal. But it's 
certainly the case that only developpers who know Obj-C can work on it. 
Contrast this with the current situation where as soon as you know C you 
can work on any area of Wine.

That said, from the sound of it it does really look like Apple is 
pushing Obj-C so maybe we don't have much choice in the matter.


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