From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751468AbWDXXDM (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:03:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751472AbWDXXDM (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:03:12 -0400 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.168]:21005 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751468AbWDXXDL (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:03:11 -0400 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: RE: C++ pushback Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:02:20 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Importance: Normal X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:58:16 -0700 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 206.171.168.138 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:58:17 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Can you name any reasons for why should we support C++ in the kernel? > Why shouldn't we invest the effort to making it possible to write kernel > modules in Haskell instead? I don't recall anyone asking you to so much as lift a finger. Feel free to invest your effort where you feel it will do the most good, and try not to criticize others for doing the same with their own resources. DS