Hi guys
Well I read the faq and all the arguements but they are not
convinicing. They 'had' tried to make one kernel with c++ but it did not live
upto the expectations (space time drawbacks). The drawbacks are those of a
the "then" c++ compilers. the compilers must have been become better. There
is this Intel 7.0 c++ compier released which seems to be a competitor to the
Gnu's Compiler maybe with that one...(who knows). Conceptually c++ beats c
anytime, but is limited in the practicality (as semed in those days). Things
must have changed with the compiler technology and we must have better c++
compilers now.
Other arguments that c code being better than c++ (all compiler
dependent and an age old myth; if anyone can prove this, then aggreed), many
c users etc, are not firmly based. So until one shows the advantages of a c++
based kernel, c still rules. C is a subset of c++ and even linear logic with
functions and structures can be used. So i dont see why not go for it.
What ultimately matters is concepts and applications of concepts. why
simulate object oriented concept in c when c++ already defines a clean way
to do it. maybe the compiler is not good aggreed, fine. But with a farsighted
perspective it is only a matter of time we would have a vey good c++
compiler. The code can still be ported, cant it?
Thank you all the guys who sent me those links. I really appretiate
that. So THANK YOU.
regards
nix
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