Re: Linux kernel modules development in C++

[Alexander Viro]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Igmar Palsenberg wrote:

> Some arguments why not to use it in the kernel :
> 
> - C++ gives overhead. With something like a kernel that's unwanted. 
> - Things like exception handling is hard to do in a kernel. 
> - The're a lot more people that know C than C++
> 
> And I probably forgot a few :)

Yep.
 - OO != C++. It's a style of programming and while you can do OO in C++
   you can easily do it in other languages (or do non-OO in C++, indeed)
 - A _lot_ of the kernel code/design is inherently object-oriented. So
   pardon our collective scepticism when YAC++Advocate comes along waving
   the "OO ergo C++" underw^Wflag

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