linux-kernel - Re: Kernel Development & Objective-C

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Message-ID: <20071130113750.GD6372@mea-ext.zmailer.org>
Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:37:50 +0200
From:	Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@...iler.org>
To:	Ben Crowhurst <Ben.Crowhurst@...llatravel.co.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Development & Objective-C

On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 12:14:16PM +0000, Ben Crowhurst wrote:
> Has Objective-C ever been considered for kernel development?
>
> regards,
> BPC

To my recall:  Never.

Some limited subset of C++ was tried, but was soon abandoned.

Overall the kernel data structures are done in objectish-manner,
although there are no strong type mechanisms being used.

Could the kernel be written in a limited subset[*] of ObjC ?  Very likely.
Would it be worth the job ?   Radical decrease in number of available
programmers...

*) Subset as enforcing the rule of not even indirectly using dynamic
   memory allocation, when operating in interrupt state.

      /Matti Aarnio
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