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    SubjectRe: linux headers and C++
    Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
    > Linux already uses more than a C compiler offers. The best answer
    > would be to merge gcc and g++, using a config file to enable the
    > features that Linus approves of. Linux could use "C+" then.

    One of the reasons Linus stopped using g++ on the kernel was the quality
    of the generated code. I gather g++ generates much better code now.

    It'd still be important to disable exceptions (for example).
    And templates remain dangerous bloat-generating territory.

    -- Jamie

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