Re: C++ pushback

[Al Viro]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:09:38PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> The real problem with C++ for kernel modules is:
> 
>  - the language just sucks. Sorry, but it does.
>  - some of the C features we use may or may not be usable from C++ 
>    (statement expressions?)
>  - the compilers are slower, and less reliable. This is _less_ of an issue 
>    these days than it used to be (at least the reliability part), but it's 
>    still true.
>  - a lot of the C++ features just won't be supported sanely (ie the kernel 
>    infrastructure just doesn't do exceptions for C++, nor will it run any 
>    static constructors etc).

   - a lot of C++ advocates agree that some subset could be used sanely,
     but there's no agreement as to _which_ subset would that be.
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