Re: Nmap-dev-only release: Nmap 3.10ALPHA1

[Matthew Franz <mfranz () cisco com>]

> On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 03:18, Fyodor wrote:
> > o Major code restructing, which included conversion to C++ -- so
> >   you'll need g++ or another C++ compiler.  I accidently let a C++
> >   requirement slip in a while back and found that almost everyone has
> >   such a compiler.  Windows (VC++) users: see the README-WIN32 for new
> >   compilation instructions.
>
> Am I the only person who hates C++ and is sad to see the poC (plain ole
> C) version of nmap die?  It seems odd to me that a project that had
> conniptions on bringing in external libraries (libnet, libxml/libsax)
> due to portability and bloat issues would go down the C++ route...
>
>   -- William

Hehe.  Interesting timing given a C vs. C++ language war going on the
Libnet mailing list for the last few days. I almost forwarded the announce

- mdf

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