any particular reason why c and not c++

[nix <nikhil@roc.co.in>]

Hi Guys
     Well as I was going through the sources and it struck me that that the 
entire kernel is an implementation of the oops concepts on c. The concepts of 
inheritannce, functional and data abstraction, data hiding, data given a 
priority than functions i.e data encapsulated by functions etc....are applied 
in c. So why dont they convert it to c++. Furthermore the designing and 
implemantation would be enhanced with the various uml tools available. why c 
and not c++ i dont understand? anyway as an attempt to understand the kernel 
and to investigate this question i have begun to modify my kernel to an 
object oriented one(c++ wise ). if anyone has strong arguements on why my 
attempt may be or may NOT be rewarding, please let me know. 

Regards
Nix
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