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SubjectRe: C++ pushback
Avi Kivity wrote:
> [original poster de-cc'ed]
>
> Martin Mares wrote:
>
>> Can you name any reasons for why should we support C++ in the kernel?
>>
>
> 1. Porting existing modules written in C++ - the trigger for this thread?
>
> 2. Shorter, faster, more robust code.
>
>> Why shouldn't we invest the effort to making it possible to write kernel
>> modules in Haskell instead?
>>
>
> C++ is a system programming language with good C compatibility. Making
> the kernel compatible with C++ is doable.

You could call it Linux++ and discuss it to your heart's content in l++kml ;)

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