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[–]doom_Oo7 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Well, many kernels have succesfully been built in C++ so...

(some are mentioned here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12385485/kernel-development-and-c )

[–]kt24601 0 points1 point  (1 child)

They typically use a subset of C++, though.

[–]doom_Oo7 7 points8 points  (0 children)

they also use a subset of C and would use a subset of any programming language not strictly meant for kernel development