[Geekos-devel] geekos kernel in C++

[David H. <da...@cs...>]

I'm planning on re-writing the kernel in C++, since a number of
object interfaces are already in place, with more on the way.
My theory is that C++, if applied very carefully, will result
in cleaner and more maintainable interfaces.  I don't plan to
use either templates or exceptions, which should avoid much of
the bloat traditionally associated with C++.  As a proof of concept,
I have a local source tree which compiles as C++ code.
No significant changes were required.

I'm also working on a cache system for files.  That will pave the
way for filesystem implementations (a filesystem's job being
basically to schedule disk I/O for file buffers).

-Dave