[luau] ics412: operating systems

[Dustin Cross]

Aloha,

BeOS was written in C++ and it was one of the best operating systems I have
ever used.  It was fast and efficient.

Dusty


> I assume you mean for applications?  This seems to be the consensus.  I
> don't know why people still use C for large applications, like GNOME.
> C++ would be a much better choice.
>
> But for system level programming, C is still best.  If C++ was used, a
> lot of the C++ features would have to be avoided.  This defeats the
> purpose of using C++ in the first place.  I don't see how it could be
> possible to write an efficient operating system using all of the
> features of C++.
>
>>C++ from what I've seen (and experienced today) is harder to compile.
>
> What do you mean?  You're not compiling C++ by hand, are you?  ;-)
>
> --jc
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