"Austad, Jay" wrote:
> 
> >list... my son wants to convert it into C++... OY!
> 
> Can't the kernel slowly be converted to C++ since everything in C is
> perfectly valid in C++?  This would be a good way to do a nice thorough code
> audit also.  :)
> 
> Of course, I'm not a full time programmer, so I'm probably wrong.

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