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Re: analysis of libiberty/cp-demangle.c for libsupc++/__cxa_demangle
Ian Lance Taylor <ian@wasabisystems.com> writes:
| (I'll note that I do see some advantages to having two different
| demanglers, since they can serve as checks on each other--though maybe
| we should combine the two testsuites.
Diversity can have drawbacks; but on average, it is a good thing: at
least, people can see whether their specs are (almost) complete and
unambiguous. You get useful competition that enables improvement.
Software monoculture, in the long term, deserves users. C++
succeeded, mainly thanks to non-monoculture.
-- Gaby