Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-17 Thread Helge Hafting
Keith Owens wrote: [...] > Interesting concept, linking a module with libg++. Would that be a > dynamic or static link? > > If it is dynamic then you can absolutely forget about loading the > module into the kernel, there is no way that modutils will ever support > that. If it is a static link

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Timur Tabi
** Reply to message from Keith Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:43:58 +1100 > Interesting concept, linking a module with libg++. Would that be a > dynamic or static link? > > If it is dynamic then you can absolutely forget about loading the > module into the kernel, there is no

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Ian S. Nelson
Mark Salisbury wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Generic Kernel Geek wrote: > > > > > > C++ sucks for kernel dev, because I say it does. > > the original-original post was somebody asking why not make t

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Mark Salisbury
didn't say I wanted to do it, just that it could be done. my point was that a god-awful 365 message flamewar was unnecessary, and removing C++ keywords from system headers is not that big a deal. On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Keith Owens wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:50:24 -0400, > Mark Salisbury <[

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Keith Owens
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:50:24 -0400, Mark Salisbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >the original-original post was somebody asking why not make the kernel headers >C++ friendly. >all he wanted was the c++ reserved words removed from / kept out of the headers. >that way, if they for some reason want to

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Mark Salisbury
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Generic Kernel Geek wrote: > > > > C++ sucks for kernel dev, because I say it does. the original-original post was somebody asking why not make the kernel headers C++ friendly. al