Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:35:14 -0500 | From | Timur Tabi <> | Subject | Re: Linux kernel modules development in C++ |
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** Reply to message from Tigran Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com> on Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:10:49 +0100 (BST)
> at the bottom of each message there is a url to lkml FAQ - have you read > it? It should say (I haven't read it myself but it _should_, Richard you > hear this? :) plainly that Linux (or any UNIX) kernel development in C++ > is a very bad idea and explain why. Because C++ is not yet a mature > programming language for tasks where precise knowledge of the generated > code is required (and probably will never be). Think of C programming (in > the kernel) simply as an assembly programming but using compiler as a > useful shortcut generator, instead of typing tedious (and most > importantly, arch-dependent!) sequences of instructions. Just a way to > save time, and still remain in total control of what the resulting code > will do and precisely how it will do it.
Why is that important? Sure, the kernel itself may need that level of control, but 90% of device drivers don't! As long as you have a decent C++ compiler (one that creates clean code, like Watcom's does), and you don't try to use esoteric features like exception handling, it should work just fine.
-- Timur Tabi - ttabi@interactivesi.com Interactive Silicon - http://www.interactivesi.com
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