Somewhat related: In 2020 gcc bumped the requirement for bootstrapping to be a C++11 compiler [0]. Would have been fun to see the kernel finally adopt C++14 as

Somewhat related: In 2020 gcc bumped the requirement for bootstrapping to be a C++11 compiler [0]. Would have been fun to see the kernel finally adopt C++14 as the author suggested. I don't think that Linus will allow this since he just commented that he will allow rust in drivers and major subsystems [1]. would have hoped see more answers or see something in here from actual kernel developers. 0: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/5329b59a2e13dabbe2038af0fe2e3cf5fc7f98ed https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/5329b59a2e13dabbe20... 1: https://youtu.be/YyRVOGxRKLg?si=_ad7wU51bDdDg6Ic&t=104 https://youtu.be/YyRVOGxRKLg?si=_ad7wU51bDdDg6Ic&t=104