Re: any particular reason why c and not c++

[James Stevenson <james@stev.org>]

Hi

at least 1 reson is the number of the C++ keywords that are used
in the kernel.

Also C++ has a much larger overhead of C.
And the rest of the info i belive is in the faq for this.

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, nix wrote:

> 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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