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		mgaunard on Jan 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C23: A Slightly Better C I'm not aware of any toolchain limitations; making the kernel compile as C++ is doable with a few trivial patches, and the kernel already is heavily GCC-specific, which supports both C and C++ to the same level.

riku_iki on Jan 21, 2024 [–]

software is complex, and you can't be sure until you run it in mission critical production.

mgaunard on Jan 22, 2024 | [–]

With the same argument you couldn't upgrade the compiler at all.

Thankfully the Linux kernel development relies on testing instead.

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