Hi at least 1 reson is the number of the C++ keywords that are used in the kernel. Also C++ has a much larger overhead of C. And the rest of the info i belive is in the faq for this. On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, nix wrote: > Hi Guys > Well as I was going through the sources and it struck me that that the > entire kernel is an implementation of the oops concepts on c. The concepts of > inheritannce, functional and data abstraction, data hiding, data given a > priority than functions i.e data encapsulated by functions etc....are applied > in c. So why dont they convert it to c++. Furthermore the designing and > implemantation would be enhanced with the various uml tools available. why c > and not c++ i dont understand? anyway as an attempt to understand the kernel > and to investigate this question i have begun to modify my kernel to an > object oriented one(c++ wise ). if anyone has strong arguements on why my > attempt may be or may NOT be rewarding, please let me know. > > Regards > Nix > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
