Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:17:14 -0700 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: Compiling C++ modules |
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Avi Kivity wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > >> There are a few anti C++ bigots around too, but the kernel choice of C >> was based both on rational choices and experimentation early on with the >> C++ compiler. > > Times have changed, though. The C++ compiler is much better now, and the > recent slew of error handling bugs shows that C is a very unsafe language. > > I think it's easy to show that the equivalent C++ code would be shorter, > faster, and safer.
So ... what exactly are you waiting for? We await the results with baited breath. This slick C++ kernel of which you speak can surely not be far away.
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