Re: C++ in kernel

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:55:35 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Bob Taylor wrote:

> Well, I want to write *my* modules in BASIC! How 'bout me? :-)
>
> Bob
>
> Why not write the kernel in *every* language? Please *everybody*! :-)

Welcome to Hell^WVMS^WHell. While we are at it, why wont we use INTERCAL?

ObLanguagesFromHell: software for Phoboses (Soviet devices launched to
Mars ~10 years ago) was written in <barf> Algol-68. I know the maintainer
of this project. His description: ~300 codewankers + ~10 programmers + he.
Oh, yeah, both crafts were lost due to the shitload of races (surprise,
surprise)...

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