Re: CVS commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/groff

[Tom Spindler <dogcow%babymeat.com@localhost>]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:06:52AM +0100, Mindaugas Rasiukevicius wrote:
> Tom Spindler <dogcow%babymeat.com@localhost> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 08:20:45PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:18:09PM +0400, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
> > >  > Linking against libstdc++ wastes space and time at runtime.
> > >  >
> > >  > [...]
> > >  >
> > >  > I guess you are working on clang support, so leaking libsupc++ into
> > >  > the build gets in your way.  Please, instead of always linking
> > >  > libstdc++ make it possible for a c++ program to express "i don't need
> > >  > libstdc++" in a clean way.
> > > 
> > > That's a fine idea, but, really, if you're concerned about space and
> > > time at runtime, don't use C++ at all.
> > 
> > Wasn't the mdocml(?) package suppossed to eliminate the need for
> > groff in tools/ and/or in base?
> 
> Preferably, the elimination of need for C++ compiler in tools as well.

games/dab is written in C++.