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Object Oriented Linux Kernel With C++ Driver Support

Posted by Soulskill on from the redesigned-tux dept.

An anonymous reader writes: An effort underway called BOSS-MOOL, the Minimalistic Object Oriented Linux, is designing the Linux kernel with OOP and C++ driver support. Linus Torvalds' opinions on C++ have long been known while developers at the DOS Lab IIT Madras and CDAC Chennai feel redesigning the kernel with object oriented abstractions and C++ driver support will increase maintainability while reducing complexity of the kernel. It doesn't appear though the group will try to mainline these changes.

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  1. Re:Is it time for C++? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got the impression that C was faster and less prone to quirky, inscrutable API's than C

    I always knew that there's something strange with C. It's faster than itself!

  2. Skip C++ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you're going to OO the kernel -- skip C++, and make it Java. At least you get the type checking, which I'm sure today's kernel devs will hate to the 9's, but could be a huge benefit in cross compatibility AND consistency w/o building gigantic teams to maintain it--I'm looking at you ARM implementations. You all may laugh at that idea, but LLVM is basically the same idea.