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Comment by huherto | Hacker News Reader

It is funny how a very simple and innocent looking question by "newbie" started a big discussion. It is like watching somebody drop a candle in a bed.

    Can you use C++ in Linux kernel?
    In windows kernel you can, with some restrictions.

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What are the chances he's just a troll? A simple google search would show many similar debates.

I'm pretty sure you could cause the same in a month or two, by asking "I know there are projects using different languages to create kernel modules - even crazy ones like haskell. Can I use C++ in the kernel?"

Newbies? Not Google before asking a question on a newsgroup? What's the world coming to?

It's gotten to the point now that when I can't find a question asked previously, I start getting nervous, and 3/4ths of my initial post to a group starts off by explaining how I really did Google, honest! This is what I tried, and I still couldn't find anything, so if it's been asked before, please just point me to the right place, sorry!

Yes, but it is good to have such debates. It allows the Linux community continuously to reassess its choice of a c-only environment. Such introspection is necessary, and when people are ready to move on, I think the community will.

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