Re: C++ and the kernel

[Richard B. Johnson]

I would like to rewrite the kernel in FORTRAN because this was
one of the first languages I learned.

Seriously, the kernel MUST be written in a procedural language.
It is the mechanism by which something is accomplished that defines
an operating system kernel.

C++ is an object-oriented language, in fact the opposite of a
procedural language. It is not suitable.

Many so-called programmers look at kernel code and see that a
lot is written in 'C'. Then they think; "I can do this better
because I know C++. Everybody knows that C++ is better than
plain old C..."

If you really knew C++, you wouldn't even joke about putting it
in the kernel.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

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