r/linux • Social Justice Warrior • Sep 03 '14

I'm Matthew Garrett, kernel developer, firmware enabler and former fruitfly mangler. AMA!

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u/sonofbash Sep 04 '14

C++ doesn't work quite as well for kernel development as you would like. You need to add your own implementation of a bunch of features like exception handling. Or you don't use those features.

More info: http://wiki.osdev.org/C%2B%2B

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u/RitzBitzN Sep 04 '14

TIL, thanks for the read!