Hi list, I have a very basic question. As far as i can decipher , we impose Object oriented paradigm in kernel space using C : like using gates to allow only one way entry and binding functions to structures in a OOP fashion and trying to make them private to that structure only , encapsulation of one struct into another structure (and lots of features ) and itself lots of kernel subsystem supports like driver interface and blah blah behaving like **objects** ....... why dont we use some fully OOPs supportive language like JAVA or partial supportive language like C++ to construct Linux Kernel???? I don't think that performance is the main reason behind all this . Is it?? Thanks a lot in advance. -- ........................ *MOHIT VERMA*