why is libuv not written by c++?

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why is libuv not written by c++? #169

Open anlexN opened 4 years ago

anlexN commented 4 years ago

Version: all
Platform: all can i be rewritten by c++? nodejs source code mostly use c++ so that we can unify source code language.

cjihrig commented 4 years ago

I think it's written in plain C for maximum portability. Node.js is also not the only consumer to consider.

anlexN commented 4 years ago

i think portability is not so important. c++ also have very large portability, and microsoft widely support c++, not c.

anlexN commented 4 years ago

100% sure that microsoft only support some standard C, so C is not more portability than C++. so i think libuv can be rewritten by C++ so that libuv source code can be more wonderful and let me read less code.

twose commented 3 years ago

100% sure that microsoft only support some standard C, so C is not more portability than C++. so i think libuv can be rewritten by C++ so that libuv source code can be more wonderful and let me read less code.

I do not think so, not everyone likes C++, at least l am not. And the source code of libuv is great, it is one of the best learning projects of C language. If you're right, I think that maybe all of the C projects need to be refactored to C++ :)

bsergean commented 3 years ago

If you're looking for a C++ libuv binding take a look at https://github.com/skypjack/uvw

anlexN commented 3 years ago

@bsergean can you anwser this issue?