Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:12:36 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C++ in the kernel Message-ID: <fg4bij$m42$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <23408.1193557610@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20071028074310.233895B3E@mail.bitblocks.com> <23408.1193557610@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20071028074310.233895B3E@mail.bitblocks.com>, Bakul Shah writes: > >> It will be the proverbial camel's nose in the tent. A subset >> of C++ is attractive for kernel work but it will be hard to >> hold the line at that. > > That's one of my main arguments why we should "own the language" we > use. A bit of the "NIH syndrome" here? :) > The other main argument is that we can then teach the language to > do the things we need it to do. The less people know the language, the less it will be used. A "one-off" language (like "K") applicable only for FreeBSD is not exactly doomed to popularity.
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