Why is not more FreeBSD software written in C++?

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

"Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor at gsoft.com.au> writes:
> A not insignificant reason (IMO) is that C++ is much slower to
> compile.
>
> Also, gcc didn't use to be (ie when FreeBSD was started) a good C++
> compiler.

Neither of these are valid arguments, and essential parts of FreeBSD
are in fact written in C++ - devd(8), for instance.

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