> I don't want to take a position on the matter of C vs. C++ in the Linux
> kernel. However, I *have* done some realistic work to show that C++ does
> not inherently introduce bloat. (I do my embedded work in C++.)
>
> <http://www.picturel.com/ucr-coots97/ur.html>
>
> Of course, I write my Linux drivers (and GIMP plug-ins) in C, not C++, and
> that's fine, too. I'm just glad it's not Scheme:-)
Compilers tend to get better.. Luckely. It was giving overhead in the
generated asm a year ago. No idea what it is now.
Igmar
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