Re: Kernel Development & Objective-C

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 12:14:16PM +0000, Ben Crowhurst wrote:
Has Objective-C ever been considered for kernel development?

Doesn't objective C essentially require a runtime to provide a lot of
the features of the language?  If it does (as I suspect) then it is
totally unsiatable for kernel development.


C also requires a (very minimal) runtime. And I don't see how having a runtime disqualifies a language from being usable in a kernel; the runtime is just one more library, either supplied by the compiler or by the kernel.


Besides the kernel does a wonderful job doing object oriented design
where apropriate using C without any of the stupidities added by the
common OO languages

Object orientation in C leaves much to be desired; see the huge number of void pointers and container_of()s in the kernel.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]
  Powered by Linux