Messages in this thread | | | From | "Anthony Barbachan" <> | Subject | Re: C++ in kernel (was Re: exception in a device driver) | Date | Tue, 12 Jan 1999 02:01:19 -0500 |
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-----Original Message----- 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 > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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