From: Tushar <tushar@mwti.net>
Tushar <tushar@mwti.net> writes:
I am thinking of converting GNU Classpath used for GCJ to C++. I have following reasons about why to do this.
For now, forget about classpath and gcj. These are implementation issues. This is all about having a java api implemented in C++. I want to know how much people thinks this can be good thing to do.
From what I know of the Java API, I think that is a terrible idea. As others have pointed out, the Java way is quite different from the C++ way, despite their syntactic similarities.
If you port the Java API to C++, you'll continue to write Java in C++. That's an impediment to writing quality C++ code and will be foreign to C++ developers without Java experience. Your best bet is to learn what makes C++ unique and to follow rather than buck the current best practices. To that end, a good book to read might be Dewhurst's C++ Common Knowledge. Also, the venerable Effective C++ and Effective STL books from Meyers would be good to better understand how to approach problems in C++ and what problems to avoid. To understand some of the modern, template-based approaches used in C++, try Alexandrescu's Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied. -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;