[MPlayer-dev-eng] c++ version of mplayer.c

[D Richard Felker III]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 09:40:38AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> Moritz Bunkus writes:
> > 
> > > so do you see any problem in having a C++ component in the project
> > 
> > Prepare to get flamed to hell. MPlayer devels don't like C++ (that's
> > putting it mildly).
> 
> HOLD IT EVERYBODY, STOP !!!
> 
> This is the opportunity we've all been waiting for.  No, seriously,
> somebody took the time to do what nobody deemed thinkable.  It will
> never get merged in any form, but it's a valuable experiment.  Hugo,
> please run some benchmarks and put some real numbers where everybody's
> mouth about C vs C++ performance has been.  I promise to write up a
> news item or FAQ entry or whatever about it.

Huh? mplayer.c has absolutely nothing to do with performance. Or
rather, if C++ is able to slow things down here by an observable
amount, it means C++ sucks 1000x more than we could ever have
imagined! :)

> At the very least this should have a high entertainment value.

Indeed.

Rich