Hi ! This has been discussed serveral times in the LKML, you have the answer here: http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s15-3 Cheers ! --- James Stevenson <james@stev.org> wrote: > > 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/ > ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Mobile: Download the latest polyphonic ringtones. Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
