Messages in this thread |  | | From | Marty Fouts <> | Subject | RE: Linux kernel modules development in C++ | Date | Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:49:54 -0700 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Horst von Brand [mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl] > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 1:45 PM
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> When Linux started, there was _no_ decent freeware C++ > compiler around.
IMO, it was worse even than that. C++ itself hadn't stablized as a language to the point where it would have been wise to use on a kernel at that time.
The language only really stablized in '99, I think. It's too soon to tell whether it would be usable for kernel development, although various projects that have tried to use it in an OO way have floundered for one reason or another.
BTW, C++ isn't really a pure OO language, it is a language that has facilities that support a wide range of programming paradigms. One of the things that makes it hard to use effectively is taking that into account when using its various facilities.
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