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tybris
on July 5, 2009
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Why don't we rewrite the Linux kernel in C++?
Weird question, what's wrong with C? A simple, elegant, efficient language that is close to the metal.
wglb
on July 5, 2009
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Ah, but why does it have to be close to the metal?
wglb
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Keeping in mind that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics
was programmed in PL/1 and assembler, and may have generated more ideas than Linux or Unix.
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