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SubjectRe: C++ in kernel (was Re: exception in a device driver)
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From: Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no>
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: C++ in kernel (was Re: exception in a device driver)


>In article <fa.gfmef4v.1qjmpqe@ifi.uio.no>,
> Chip Salzenberg <chip@perlsupport.com> writes:
>>We're doing such a complete rewrite with Perl right now. It's a
>>big project, even though the fine points of Perl aren't nearly as
>>razor-sharp as the fine points of Linux.
>
>You mean you're rewriting Perl in C++? I hope I just misunderstood..
>If, however, that's what you're saying then I'll stay with the last C
>version of Perl, that's for sure.
>

Rewritting Perl in C++ actually makes sense as that language is increasingly
becoming more object oriented. Especially with Perl being interpited, C++
would better express the low level internals of a running Perl program.

>C++ code not maintained by the original developer seems to end up
>unmaintained almost always.
>(e.g. who's been fixing groff the last years? Nobody. I remember
>struggling with a sick groff problem once, turned out the compiler didn't
>generate correct code for one slightly complicated statement. There are
>far more bugs in C++ compilers, as an example look at the bug reports on
>comp.sys.sgi. The number of bug reports on C++ is one or two orders of
>magnitude higher than for the C compiler. It won't change either, C++
>compilers are harder to get right than C compilers.)
>
>As far as I'm concerned I'm done with C++ forever. Even thinking of the
>fact that I thought C++ was a pretty good idea some years back is
>quite embarrassing now.
>
>- Tor
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