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
