D-Bus service activation and access control

[David Sommerseth]

On 01/08/17 03:20, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 00:00:59 +0200, David Sommerseth wrote:
> 
>> Since OpenVPN 3 is also written as a C++ library, it makes it easier
>> to extend it in many areas without adding much additional core code.
> 
> When you write a library, consider that other languages will want to
> create their own bindings for it. This is easier with a C library than
> C++.
> 
> By all means put a C++ layer on top of a C core. Then those other
> languages can bypass that C++ layer and build on the C core, taking
> advantage of their own language-specific cleverness, without having to
> hack their way through the thicket of C++ cleverness.

This discussion is rather moot.  The decision was taken by the lead
developer in OpenVPN Technologies long before I got really involved in
the OpenVPN 3 development.  C++ was chosen, and aiming for at least the
C++11 spec, which almost feels like a new language.  And the performance
is really top-notch with C++ these days, at least how OpenVPN 3 utilizes it.

<https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn3/>


-- 
kind regards,

David Sommerseth