You wanna port 9 million lines of kernel code and move the C++ runtimes into the kernel then go ahead. See you in ten years. David Gillies San Jose Costa Rica --- nix <nikhil@roc.co.in> wrote: > 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 > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux > kernel. > Archive: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
