Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:36:49 +0100 | From | "Karol Swietlicki" <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Development & Objective-C |
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On 30/11/2007, Ben Crowhurst <Ben.Crowhurst@stellatravel.co.uk> wrote: > Loïc Grenié wrote: > > 2007/11/29, Ben Crowhurst <Ben.Crowhurst@stellatravel.co.uk>: > > > >> Has Objective-C ever been considered for kernel development? > >>
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> > Lots of people will think of better reasons why ObjC is not used... > > > > Loïc Grenié > > > Which I'm looking forward to hear :) > > Thank you for your appropriate response.
Here are a few reasons off the top of my head: 1. Adding extra unneeded complexity. Debugging would be harder. 2. Not many people can code ObjC when compared to the number of C coders. 3. If it ain't broken... Why fix it. The kernel works, right? Good.
You can find a great explanation somewhere out there, I'm not sure who wrote it and the thing was explaining why C++ is not a great choice for the Linux kernel. Some things going against C++ will also go against ObjC. I cannot find it, but it is out there somewhere.
I'm a newbie and I might be wrong, but the above is what I believe to be true.
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