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[Alan Cox]

Ar Gwe, 2006-11-03 am 16:31 +0000, ysgrifennodd Andy Green:
> guy.  Somehow the kernel and Gnome reached a local optimum at the C 
> hacker level and that is where they stay.

The kernel uses C for good sound reasons - C++ is slower, harder to
debug and the tools suck in relative terms. You can use a subset of C++
to write OS core code, that has been demonstrated, but C++ is not
beneficial in that space. Much of that is down to the fact C++ is a
dreadfully designed language rather than going agains the basic argument
about using the right tools for the right job. 

>From the kernel viewpoint C++ is the badly designed swiss army knife
bought in a cheap junk shop - it has lots of interesting ways to cut
yourself but none of the tools actually help you do anything useful.

Alan