Note that Serenity OS also has its own stdlib "AK" that excludes a lot of criticized C++ "features". If the Linux devs were to carefully splice out the Good fro

Note that Serenity OS also has its own stdlib "AK" that excludes a lot of criticized C++ "features". If the Linux devs were to carefully splice out the Good from the Bad and Ugly of C++, then maybe it'd suit their tastes just fine. I think the bigger factor here is that Linux became decidedly anti-C++ back when C++ was actually pretty crumby.