Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:52:51 -0500 | From | Timur Tabi <> | Subject | Re: Linux kernel modules development in C++ |
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** Reply to message from Igmar Palsenberg <maillist@chello.nl> on Thu, 28 Sep 2000 01:45:40 +0200 (CEST)
> - C++ gives overhead. With something like a kernel that's unwanted.
C++ gives an overhead only if you abuse it. The C++ code in my drivers does nothing that the equivalent C doesn't also do, except that it's easier to read.
> - Things like exception handling is hard to do in a kernel.
Again, you don't need to use exception handling in order to use C++. None of my C++ drivers use exception handling, and they don't need to.
> - The're a lot more people that know C than C++
True, but all the driver programmers I know personally already know C++.
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