Re: Kernel Development & Objective-C

Avi Kivity
2007-12-01T20:06:13Z

Kyle Moffett wrote:
> In the kernel though, there are many codepaths where *every* *single*
> instruction counts; that could be a serious performance hit.

Write *those* *codepaths* in *C* or *assembly*. But only after you
manage to measure a difference compared to the object-oriented systems
language.

[I really doubt there are that many of these; syscall
entry/dispatch/exit, interrupt dispatch, context switch, what else?]