why c++?

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#2

Hi,

sorry, just hit the enter key by accident.
Anyway, why was llvm was written in c++?

c and python, c and ocaml, c and java i would more prefer.

I am not a flamethrower(sorry again if it was.) Just another newbie.

TIA

#3

If you want to write a new compiler, you're free to do it in a language of your choice. LLVM is written primarily in C++, for a variety of reasons, and we don't plan to change that soon. This list is not the appropriate place to discuss the virtues of one language over another.

-Chris

#4

Hi,

Please give me one reason,
Btw, emacs is fine with lisp, c and eclipse is fine with Java.
That was interesting fact to me.

#5

LLVM is written primarily in C++, for a variety of reasons,

Hi,

Please give me one reason,

ok, I like BCPL comments.

Btw, emacs is fine with lisp, c and eclipse is fine with Java.
That was interesting fact to me.

Please stop, this is totally off-topic for this list.

-Chris

#6

>> LLVM is written primarily in C++, for a variety of reasons,
> Hi,
>
> Please give me one reason,

ok, I like BCPL comments.

Thanks for anwsering for my question, i see.

> Btw, emacs is fine with lisp, c and eclipse is fine with Java.
> That was interesting fact to me.

Please stop, this is totally off-topic for this list.

I stopped already.

TIA