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Subjectre: C++ in the Linux kernel.
If people want a C++ kernel, follow Linus's example. Go away and write one.

Whatever the benefits of C++/C adding a third language to the kernel sources
is going to result in nothing but combining the worst of C and C++.

As with the rest of the kernel development, put up, or shut up.

If C++ is so great a language for kernel development it should be possible to
produce a new all singing, all dancing, leaner and meaner kernel in next to no time.
You have a working source base to start from and it should be very easy with so
many expert C++ programmers available.

If it proves to be technically superior you'll have made your point, and kernel
development would probably shift to using C++.

Personally I'd look on such a code fork as a win-win situation. (At least for the
kernel mailing lists.)

Peter
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E-Mail: Peter Waltenberg <peterw@dascom.com>
Date: 12-Jan-99
Time: 07:31:57

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