From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751815AbWD0WJg (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:09:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751821AbWD0WJg (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:09:36 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn2.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.38]:2709 "EHLO oddball.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751815AbWD0WJf (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:09:35 -0400 Message-ID: <4451410D.10004@tmr.com> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:09:17 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060409 SeaMonkey/1.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Poppitz , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: C++ pushback References: <4024F493-F668-4F03-9EB7-B334F312A558@iomega.com> In-Reply-To: <4024F493-F668-4F03-9EB7-B334F312A558@iomega.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Gary Poppitz wrote: >> We know they are "incompatible", why else would we allow "private" and >> "struct class" in the kernel source if we some how expected it to work >> with a C++ compiler? > > > I can see that this was intentional, not an oversight. Possibly, what difference would it make? > > If there is a childish temper tantrum mentality about C++ then I have no > reason or desire to be on this list. I only see one temper tantrum, and when you leave there will be none. Oh, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and LISP aren't compatible either. And the comments are all in English, without subtitles, how can people from other cultures ever cope? Answer: nicely, it takes a native speaker of the language to really botch the grammar. > > Grow up. You're whining because the kernel wasn't written for your convenience and you tell US to grow up? Someone needs a time out. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me