Re: Will (abstract) Ada code improve over time ?

[lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)]

* Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
>In article <slrn9latb9.46.lutz@taranis.iks-jena.de>, Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:
>>>I assume the runtime efficiency of programs is a question for much special
>>>niches.  One example could be operative systems. Linux ?
>> 
>> Linus tried to convert the kernel to C++ in order to get faster development
>> cycles due to stronger typing but failed miserably due to compiler errors
>> and language ambiguity.
>
>That's not true.
>A few 0.x kernels were compiled using c++ compiler, but they
>were pure c code, and c++ were used only to catch more errors
>on compile-time. It was equivalent of using more -W options.
>Linus stopped using c++ compiler, as there was a performance lose,
>and advantages weren't that big.

Thanx for clarification. I do not remember such things very well.