Re: More benchmark bullshit, and Linux luser mating calls... (was Re: Linux betas NT in TPC testing, running Oracle8

ewill_at_lexi.athghost7038suus.net (The Ghost In The Machine) writes:

> >>Oh, linux has _plenty_ of flaws, just fewer than WindowsNT for example.
> >
> >Would you care to elaborate? And be specific.
>
> I can at least state that Linux has a nasty flaw -- but it's mostly
> an internal one, and may not have much applicability (it is a big
> C program, after all).
>
> It uses pointers in its structures. Naughty naughty! :-)
>
> (I've been corrupted by a famous person who gives out C++ lectures around
> here whose name completely escapes me at the moment (grr) --
> "Pointers are bad". Mind you, it's not clear whether we want
> to have C++ and STL [*] in the Linux kernel... :-) )

How can pointers in structures be naughty?

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