Re: Compiling C++ kernel module + Makefile

[Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists _at_ xxxxxxxxxx>]

tisdagen den 20 januari 2004 07.46 skrev du:
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> > 
> > This is the "We've always used COBOL^H^H^H^H" argument. 
> 
> In fact, in Linux we did try C++ once already, back in 1992.
> 
> It sucks. Trust me - writing kernel code in C++ is a BLOODY STUPID IDEA.
> 
I know C++ in and out. I love it and hate it.  I had a nightmare once in which I
a had convinced a friend how wonderful C++ is. A while later he came back., and
he was mad.

> The fact is, C++ compilers are not trustworthy. They were even worse in 
> 1992, but some fundamental facts haven't changed:
> [snip]

Now THAT is the reason.

-- robin
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