From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 22:20:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB69316A417 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:20:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-arch@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B49313C480 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:20:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-arch@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IpAIc-0004VS-GT for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:20:02 +0000 Received: from 89-172-61-149.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([89.172.61.149]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:20:02 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 89-172-61-149.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:20:02 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:16:51 +0100 Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <472F31DF.4050507@travel2.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig80B4BE202A6CB711060E6F4B" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 89-172-61-149.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) In-Reply-To: <472F31DF.4050507@travel2.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Sender: news Subject: Re: Objective-C kernel Development X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:20:27 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig80B4BE202A6CB711060E6F4B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ben Crowhurst wrote: > Has Objective-C ever been concidered for kernel development? I haven't done anything in it, but it seems it has some good points: native compilation and similarity to C. On the other hand it's not nearly as popular and well-known as C++, doesn't have templates and not even Apple uses it in kernel (IOKit is in C++). --------------enig80B4BE202A6CB711060E6F4B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHL5ZTldnAQVacBcgRAvr+AKDVjuIYxnBeiNGNuS51uYHYr8jGqQCbBgEa hof6tosT4wyqyR8iRXbWpck= =UO4G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig80B4BE202A6CB711060E6F4B--