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by cwoolfe 2193 days ago
C is a language which is closer to hardware than Python, so you'll find it to be the language of OS programming. In fact, Python is written in C. I think trying to do OS programming in Python would actually be more difficult than learning C.

If you are a solid programmer who already knows Python, learning C would only take 2-4 weeks. The benefit is worth the investment.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10904721/is-it-possible-...