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Moving the kernel to modern C

Moving the kernel to modern C

Posted Feb 28, 2022 15:09 UTC (Mon) by camhusmj38 (subscriber, #99234)
In reply to: Moving the kernel to modern C by Cyberax
Parent article: Moving the kernel to modern C

The situation has changed. The Windows Implementation Library includes C++ RAII helpers which are used in the operating system and drivers. They take care of closing handles etc. MSVC also has a kernel mode C++ switch which disables RTTI and Exceptions as well as floating point.
Apple's driver kit has always been C++.


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