Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:47:02 +1000 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: C++ pushback |
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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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