Messages in this thread | | | From | "Bill Kelly" <> | Subject | Re: linux headers and C++ | Date | Wed, 7 Jul 1999 04:27:56 -0700 |
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> Chip Salzenberg <chip@perlsupport.com> wrote: > [...] > That said, I entirely agree that it's not necessary to use C++ instead > of C to write good code. On the other hand, I suggest that C++ would > have been a good choice for the Linux kernel __IF__ a compiler of the > quality of today's EGCS had been available back then. But it wasn't.
I'm inclined to agree that given a good compiler, C++ should be a good choice for kernel development - except I seem to recall in that operating system thread we had a couple weeks ago, the EROS people saying they regretted choosing C++ and planned to reimplement in C.
That statement has been on my mind a lot since then; perhaps one of the EROS folk would be willing to provide some details?
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