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Which language is better for OS development? C or C++?

Hi,

Jprogrammer wrote:Which language is better for OS development? C or C++?

The one you're more comfortable with!

Anyway, this has been discussed upon loads of times. You should probably just search the forums, and unless you've something unique to say on the topic, not make a new thread.

Regards,
Shikhin

Actually I would say that C is easier and good. But if you looking at your kernel/OS from object-oriented perspective then I would recommend to use C++. Anyway there will much code written in C at start.

As I've seen C++ code is little bit harder to debug. However there is no better language to use. It's up to programmer.

There is actually no reason at all to use c++. All it ads is syntatctic sugar but without adding anything bemeficial for you as a programmer.

Jezze wrote:There is actually no reason at all to use c++. All it ads is syntatctic sugar but without adding anything bemeficial for you as a programmer.

That is of course not true, but lets not reiterate that topic again.

(At least one thing that C++ provides, but C principally can not is RAII).

Let's just agree it's a complex topic.

Actually, I used not one, but both. Why not get both while they are free?

This topic gets more fun if you consider that the C and C++ languages have a large set of programs in common.