[crossfire] Building in C++?

[Ruben Safir]

On 5/27/22 14:19, Steven Johnson wrote:
> I think this is a good idea. I was able to build and run crossfire server
> with minimal changes on the cpp-buld branch.


No only a bad idea, but a REALLY bad idea and this "C++" wouldn't even
compile if it was REAL C++ with, using a strict compiler, with
namespaces and C++ storage facilities.

You just compiled a C program with a C++ compliler without even altering
the headers for C imports...uuggg.  Undergraduate student FAIL.

It is broken from the ground up and completely unecessary.  The reason
why the server has remained viable for several decades is because it is
written in standard C, not C++ or Java, or Javascript, which all change
with every passing undergraduate class from your favorite local
technology university.

Leave it alone so we can continue to have a compling server in a few
more decades. It doesn't need C++ overhead or syntax hell.



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