why doesn't it work???
Because it hasn''t been updated since 1989?
Assuming you''re talking about SCO UNIX System V/386.
Assuming you''re talking about SCO UNIX System V/386.
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..it''s written in pure C at some universities for over a decade ago...
Why don''t they rewrite the linux kernel (which also suffers from pure C...) in C++ for instance and sort out some of the oldest apps and rewrite them?
btw, I think apple has done the best thing there is to unix/linux with OS X, built a fast, good-looking and working UI for it. (Somewhat accelerated with OGL too, wich is way cooler the M$''s OS)
Why don''t they rewrite the linux kernel (which also suffers from pure C...) in C++ for instance and sort out some of the oldest apps and rewrite them?
btw, I think apple has done the best thing there is to unix/linux with OS X, built a fast, good-looking and working UI for it. (Somewhat accelerated with OGL too, wich is way cooler the M$''s OS)
a) nothing "suffers" from C. it is simply another programming language using a procedural paradigm (a paradigm which is tried and tested).
b) when you say "they", who do you mean? try convincing all the linux programmers across the world to re-code into C++. Linus hasn''t even kept track of who contributed parts of the code to linux. It would be such a time consuming waste for everyone to re-code someone else''s code into another language, with which no benefit at all is gained. Just because you like C++ doesn''t mean it''s the best.
b) when you say "they", who do you mean? try convincing all the linux programmers across the world to re-code into C++. Linus hasn''t even kept track of who contributed parts of the code to linux. It would be such a time consuming waste for everyone to re-code someone else''s code into another language, with which no benefit at all is gained. Just because you like C++ doesn''t mean it''s the best.
c) unix works damn fine. C was created purely for the reason of coding Unix, so without unix C++ wouldn''t exist. Avoid making such narrow minded, short sighted and obviously idiotic posts in the future.
sorry everyone for the flame talk.
sorry everyone for the flame talk.
GNU/hurd (an alternative to the linux kernel) is written in c++, but it''s not finished yet, not entirely sure how usuable it is tho.
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sorry everybody...
just wanted to check if there was any flamers here
don''t take the post too serious..
just wanted to check if there was any flamers here
don''t take the post too serious..
GNU/HURD has been in pre-alpha stage for over 12 years now. Perhaps that tells us something about the suitability of C++ for kernel development. 
[edited by - Sakuranbo on July 8, 2003 9:23:13 PM]
[edited by - Sakuranbo on July 8, 2003 9:23:13 PM]
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