Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:35:31 +0200 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: linux headers and C++ |
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Jes Sorensen wrote: > >>>>> "Jamie" == Jamie Lokier <lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> writes: > > 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. > > C++ is much harder to maintain because there are a zillion obscure > features people can use in there.
Albert suggests restricting g++ to those features approved by Linus, enforcing it in the compiler. A bit far fetched I think.
I do think the code generation issue is fixed now though. That was the originally objection to g++ -- back when g++ was used to compile kernels for better type checking.
-- Jamie
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