Re: Why We Use C Than C++...

sonugeetha@xxxxxxxxx said:

> Hi, Please help me in this regard...
> All the kernel level programs are written in C... (i.e: Open Source
> LINUX)... Why are they not using C++... I personally feel that C++ is
> more easy to code than C... When i searched in our encyclopedia (i.e
> Google), i came up with several answers, telling "C is much faster than
> C++ and most kernal prgms uses only C" ... But why is it so...? Why
> they use C for these OS based programs.. Please Help me with detailed
> explanation...

Partly because C is faster (in places). Partly because it's simpler, so it's
easier to get right. But mostly, I think, because C came first. When the
kernel was first being written, C had already firmed up, whilst C++ was
still in a state of considerable flux. And, once it's /written/ in C, if a
reasonable job was made (which certainly seems to be the case), why on
earth would anyone bother to rewrite it?

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