Writing a Simple Linux Kernel Module

Re:Writing a Simple Linux Kernel Module by userbinator on Thursday November 30, 2017 @11:09PM (#15821827)

The "safety" is not the issue, it's the compulsion of using many layers of (somewhat leaky) abstractions that make debugging and otherwise reasoning about behaviour difficult.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Writing a Simple Linux Kernel Module by pknopf on Friday December 01, 2017 @12:44AM (#15822181)

I could not agree with this more.

gstreamer, gtk, etc, are really easy to work with and browse the source.

This is why I love golang as well.

Side note, it is funny how much gstreamer and glib try to add c++ "ish" features to c.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Writing a Simple Linux Kernel Module by baby on Friday December 01, 2017 @10:11AM (#15824201)

I was going to say +1 with golang, and you said it. So just emphasizing that many people prefer code clarity over cool things that make code unreadable (templates...)

Interestingly, I just found Linus' stance on Golang :) https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?curpostid=104302&thread...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Writing a Simple Linux Kernel Module by smhenderson on Friday December 01, 2017 @12:58PM (#15825727)

From that post... But introducing a new language? It's hard. Give it a couple of decades, and see where it is then.

[ Parent | on HN ]