From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751072AbWDXUP4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:15:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750971AbWDXUP4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:15:56 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:49039 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750836AbWDXUP4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:15:56 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:15:54 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Gary Poppitz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: C++ pushback Message-ID: <20060424201553.GA14772@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Gary Poppitz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <4024F493-F668-4F03-9EB7-B334F312A558@iomega.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4024F493-F668-4F03-9EB7-B334F312A558@iomega.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 02:02:27PM -0600, 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. > > If there is a childish temper tantrum mentality about C++ then I have > no reason or desire to be on this list. so sodd off.