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by pjmlp 3046 days ago
As already proven by many attempts to implement safe OS, a GC is not an impediment in a systems language, religion and disbelief against GC are.

Joe Duffy has putted it quite nicely regarding how many in the Windows team saw Midori, even though it was proven to be running right in front of their eyes.

RustConf 2017 - Closing Keynote: Safe Systems Software and the Future of Computing by Joe Duffy

-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVm938gMWl0
1 comments
camus2 3046 days ago
> a GC is not an impediment in a systems language,

You'd have to define what you mean by system language at first place before making such a claim.

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pjmlp 3046 days ago
A programming language capable of building the whole stack from the boot loader, usually written in Assembly, drivers, all the way up to user space applications.

The only programming language for a single platform, besides a little Assembly for hardware integration.

The traditional CS definition of systems programming languages on OS research literature.

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