Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 18:24:22 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> To: proff@suburbia.net Cc: imp@village.org (Warner Losh), moncrg@dominus.ma.ultranet.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C++ Code in Kernel Message-ID: <199703291824.SAA09595@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 29 Mar 1997 11:25:38 %2B1100." <19970329002538.29483.qmail@suburbia.net>
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> > In message <01BC3BA3.6FFD23A0@dominus.ultranet.com> "Gregory D. Moncreaff" writes:
> > : maybe its just that I'm taking a c++ class now, but I'm
> > : cusious as to the pro's and con's on writing kernel source
> > : in c++. I haven't seen nor heard on this happening on FreeBSD
> > : [but then my travels haven't been that wide]
>
> The c++ shine tends to off pretty quickly unless you have a
> object-oriented system that absolutely demands it (i.e GUI's).
> Predictable behavior in the kernel is not something you want to
> give up quickly. C++ is a porridge of a language and breaks the
> golden rule of cooking and language design; throwing everything
> that tastes nice into a pot, yields something that does not
> taste nice at all.
>
> Cheers,
> Julian.
That's exactly what I was going to say - although not in exactly
those words :)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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