discuss: [ncm-nospam@cantrip.org: C++ Programming HOWTO]
Subject:
Re: [ncm-nospam@cantrip.org: C++ Programming HOWTO]
From:
David Merrill ####@####.####
Date:
22 Dec 2001 20:48:54 -0000
Message-Id: <20011222214057.GA19841@lupercalia.net>
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 09:13:37PM +0100, ####@####.#### wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, David Merrill wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 12:29:49PM -0600, Bill Lee wrote:
> > > Is the LINUX DOCUMENTATION PROJECT even the appropriate place for a discussion
> > > of a programming language? Sure, installation problems. Sure, issues within the
> > > language that are Linux-specific. But a HOWTO on C++???? I don't think so. Good
> > > grief! There must be a thousand different C++ how-to books on the market, some
> > > very good, some rotten. Why should there be yet another here?
> > >
> > > Not to mention that there are a FEW of us out here that may think what Alavoor
> > > has written may be right. :-) But it (or any other language-centric discussion)
> > > doesn't seem to be appropriate here.
> >
> > Our policy is to publish anything useful to people who run Linux,
> > including the use of applications that run on Linux. Programming on
> > Linux certainly fits that requirement.
>
> IM(NSH)O: The Howto should cover Linux specific issues or related issues.
> Coding styles for C++ seems too far fetched to match such a definition.
I agree with that, although mentioning coding styles used in the
kernel would be appropriate.
--
Dr. David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net
Linux Documentation Project ####@####.####
Collection Editor & Coordinator http://www.linuxdoc.org
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