Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265251AbUATHcn (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:32:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265253AbUATHcn (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:32:43 -0500 Received: from [212.28.208.94] ([212.28.208.94]:29715 "HELO dewire.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265251AbUATHcm (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:32:42 -0500 From: Robin Rosenberg To: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Compiling C++ kernel module + Makefile Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:32:39 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.94 References: <20040116210924.61545.qmail@web12008.mail.yahoo.com> <200401200159.22693.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> In-Reply-To: Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200401200832.39696.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 893 Lines: 25 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/