[ltp] two questions -- 600E / X / RAM

[Tim Prince]

On Wednesday 17 April 2002 09:23, you wrote:
> > My impression was the kernel didn't use C++, so the differences between
> > older g++ compilers and current standards aren't relevant.  I didn't see
> > any C++ there myself.  Goals have been set to make the linux kernel build
> > with Intel C on both ia32 and ia64; the older free versions of Intel C
> > won't do it.  I don't know what you mean by "same incompatabilities."
>
> My mistake,  I assumed Intel's new C++ compiler also included standard
> C compiler as well.
>
>
Well, it does, MS style, but C++ needn't get in the way of C, any more than 
gcc users need to wonder why the C compiler doesn't know the C++ libraries.  
As other posters pointed out, the task of maintaining the linux kernel could 
be much more daunting, if C++ were involved.

-- 
Tim Prince

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