Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux kernel modules development in C++ | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 28 Sep 2000 10:46:41 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Timur" == Timur Tabi <ttabi@interactivesi.com> writes:
Timur> I haven't tried C++ in Linux drivers myself, but I assume it Timur> can't be any more difficult than what I had to do for OS/2. Timur> Five years ago (imagine that - OS/2 is years ahead of Linux in Timur> this regard), I hacked up a method for getting C++ code to Timur> compile into an OS/2 device driver. I had to write some extra Timur> code, but it was really no problem.
And most people would said that Linux is years ahead of OS/2 because we thought the issue through and concluded that C++ does not belong in the kernel.
The issue keeps coming up on this list and every single time it gets shot down with good technical reasons. Go search through the mailing list archives or kernel-traffic and see why.
I just wish the linux-kernel FAQ would remove the rubbish about C++ actually being superior to C in some cases it had in it last time I looked at it.
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