C++ In The Linux Kernel?
It might come as a surprise to many a new hand, but the Linux Kernel is written in C and not just as a passive preference - Linux is actively pro-C and anti-C++. Or it always has been.
C was the best choice for a systems programming language back when Linus Torvalds started work on Linux. Since then it has been suggested that allowing the C to evolve into C++ is an obvious road to travel. Enthusiasm for C++ at the time was growing and it still is fairly strong despite the misgivings of some programmers. One programmer in particular has always been very opinionated about C++ and that programmer is a very important one - Linus.
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If you use C++ and are enthusiastic about it then you probably still feel insulted by his remarks, but in this day and age of Rust and other safer languages they are even more realistic.
All of this would be history but for a post on the mailing list that reopens the can of worms.