Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Problems with Intel Wireless 2100 3B

[Tomas S. <sz...@pi...>]

On Jan-05 2004, Mon, 12:52 -0500
Navindra Umanee <nav...@cs...> wrote:

> Tomas Szepe <sz...@pi...> wrote:
> > Methods?  Pardon my ignorance -- are Windows device drivers written in C++?
> > Are the M$ folks _that_ stupid?
> 
> Isn't the whole Windows NT kernel (and derivatives) in C++?

Not sure, that's why I'm asking.  I'd find that thoroughly silly.

> IIRC, there was a time when the Linux developers considered switching
> to C++ but had to back off because GCC C++ support was inadequate.
> 
> Nothing stupid about it...  :)

Many a stupid thing about it, really. :)

There is a nice, explanatory narration about the whole "Linux kernel
to be rewritten in C++" story in the Linux kernel mailing list FAQ.
It lists many reasons why trying to do systems programming in C++
is A Bad Idea(tm).  I've just pasted the exact link into another
post.

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Tomas Szepe <sz...@pi...>