Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: C++ in kernel (was Re: exception in a device driver) | Date | Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:08:49 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Benjamin Scherrey <scherrey@gte.net> said:
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> Until then, its time to start considering getting the kernel's code > buildable by g++ a little at a time. Just using it as a "better C" rather > than bringing all its features in at once would make for a cleaner system > and extend the life of the code by preventing cod rot. I know that this > was attempted briefly a while back (with disastrous results) but the > kernel was really out of ANSI spec then and the C++ compilers were not > really there. How about evaluating this as a feature for release 2.3?
To _really_ use C++ would mean to redesign the kernel internals completely, and rewrite the whole thing. Won't happen. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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