Object Oriented Linux Kernel With C++ Driver Support

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 3, 2014 @07:50AM 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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Re:Why do people still care about C++ for kernel d by serviscope_minor · 2014-10-03 09:43 · Score: 5, Informative

Like gcc, oh wait, not that is written in plain and simple c.
You misspelled "was". The compiler was switched over to C++ a few versions ago and they're now using C++ features.

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