>If people want a C++ kernel, follow Linus's example. Go away and write one.
>
>Whatever the benefits of C++/C adding a third language to the kernel
sources
>is going to result in nothing but combining the worst of C and C++.
>
>As with the rest of the kernel development, put up, or shut up.
>
>If C++ is so great a language for kernel development it should be possible
to
>produce a new all singing, all dancing, leaner and meaner kernel in next to
no time.
>You have a working source base to start from and it should be very easy
with so
>many expert C++ programmers available.
>
>If it proves to be technically superior you'll have made your point, and
kernel
>development would probably shift to using C++.
>
>Personally I'd look on such a code fork as a win-win situation. (At least
for the
>kernel mailing lists.)
>
Keep this age old piece of military wisdom in mind, one of the best ways to
destroy your enemy is to divide and conquer him. Look at the battle between
KDE and GNOME; in the end it has just delayed the adoption of a standard
advanced Windowing system. This could have been done six months ago; in the
end it will be done. Instead we have reviews of Redhat stating great in
catagory after catagory; until it comes to the windowing interface last
label (from what I remember) "looks like Windows 95 and the Common Desktop
Eviroment after a bad train wreak." This is not something new users like to
see.
>Peter
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>Date: 12-Jan-99
>Time: 07:31:57
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