Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 03 May 2006 09:55:18 +1000 | From | Peter Williams <> | Subject | Re: Compiling C++ modules |
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Al Boldi wrote: > Christer Weinigel <christer@weinigel.se> wrote: > >>>eCos is nice enough -- because it's mostly C :) >> >>And those parts that are C++ (from a 2 year old eCos dist) won't >>compile with a modern g++. > > > C++ is OO,
But not a very good implementation of it :-(.
> and OO is great! OO is the natural way of doing things, and > allows one to concentrate on the issues at hand, while leaving the > nitty-gritty to the compiler to decide. > > And this is the problem, as kernel development is highly sensitive to > compiler output, and which is why there are parts written in asm and others > in C. > > So rewriting C with C++ would be as dumb as rewriting asm with C. > > But there may be certain higher level parts in the kernel that could benefit > from rewriting C with C++, much the same as lower level parts have benefited > from rewriting them in asm. > > So we have a situation like this: > > low-level written in asm when needed > > main-level written in C mostly > > high-level written in C++ when needed > > Note though, C++ is not currently viable for kernel development, due to its > enormous overhead generated by immature compiler technology. Once this has > matured, there should be no problem. > > >>-- >>"Just how much can I get away with and still go to heaven?" > > > Just know that HE is one and only one. > > Thanks! > > -- > Al > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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