Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Linux Kernel / C++ | Date | Sat, 3 Aug 1996 16:23:15 +0100 (BST) |
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> Is it feasible to have the kernel compile just as cleanly if the compiler > is set to g++ instead of gcc? My guess is it can be done but it would take > an enourmous amount of changes to do it, and to have it compile cleanly.
Its wildly improbable g++ will generate correct code.
> Has anyone considered moving the kernel on to C++? I'm not saying using
When the GNU folk have a usable C++ compiler thats not ten times slower than gcc, doesnt migrate volatile objects over synchronization points etc then maybe. C++ would add some very handy typechecking
Alan
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