[plug] C's Preference

[Craig Ringer]

> If nothing else, it's simply impractical to support C++ as the lowest
> common denominator for compilation, linking and execution. Therefore, it
> is generally a bad idea to use it for kernels (despite possible coding
> advantages).

There are quite a few out-of-tree modules written in C++, but I don't 
believe that C++ code will be accepted into the kernel proper.

Craig Ringer