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SubjectRe: linux headers and C++
Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> Linux already uses more than a C compiler offers. The best answer
> would be to merge gcc and g++, using a config file to enable the
> features that Linus approves of. Linux could use "C+" then.

One of the reasons Linus stopped using g++ on the kernel was the quality
of the generated code. I gather g++ generates much better code now.

It'd still be important to disable exceptions (for example).
And templates remain dangerous bloat-generating territory.

-- Jamie

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