From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 20 14:30:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4B6116A4DF for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:30:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onlyopensource@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5021343DD4 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:28:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from onlyopensource@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so853083uge for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:28:47 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=AcWqcnXyddc/lFkLBMuyJ0LnV+gIGeQBJfGeaIbsHM2nMywH7VrK5fqRCCPdgnxxzjExzElr/TCCZ4Zvjfszd9pkUmvxgufpokx6CQmIW+eVvEnOShEXFmvDh592ZwezNvymv8Qqi4WqiU7THJPTCU6hhnZTI/dASnb11udONq0= Received: by 10.78.165.16 with SMTP id n16mr407369hue; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:28:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.180.4 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:28:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:58:47 +0530 From: "Only OpenSource" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20060720060434.39002.qmail@web32702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <17589.6498.456179.132004@bhuda.mired.org> <20060720060434.39002.qmail@web32702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: kern/99979: Get Ready for Kernel Module in C++ X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:30:42 -0000 On 7/20/06, pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com wrote: > FWIW; > > I went on to check that Embedded C++ that David Nugent mentioned, and I found > this: > > http://www.caravan.net/ec2plus/ > > Acording to the Q&A section: > > "The goal of EC++ is to provide embedded systems programmers with a subset of > C++ that is easy for the average C programmer to understand and use. The subset > should offer upward compatibility with ISO/ANSI Standard C++ and retain the > major advantages of C++. > To achieve the goal, several guidelines were established for creating the > subset such as avoiding excessive memory consumption (overhead) and removing > complex features." ... > > And also FWIW, I wouldn't object to having support for other languages > (Objective C ? ), if someone has/finds modules that could use the features. > > cheers, > > Pedro. > Pedro How about thinking ahead in time ? say 10 years ahead ? May be driver code would be as simple as scripting or even written in XML ! The schema is standardized (ie. interface) and translator tools do the rest. What is the point of replacing a 25 yr technology with a 20 year old technology ? If you really want to be a pioneer think 10 years ahead in time ! -- oo@@oo