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by fauigerzigerk 4627 days ago
>I fear you are confusing systems programming language and operating systems programming language (or conflating).

Systems programming doesn't seem to be a very well defined term. My understanding is that it is certainly not application programming and it requires pretty tight management of hardware resources. That includes things like operating systems, database systems, embedded systems, networking software like firewalls, etc.
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andrewflnr 4627 days ago
The way I like to think of it is that a "systems langauge" is something you could use to implement a "real"[0] GC. Does this ring true to anyone else?

[0] You know what I mean.

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pjmlp 4627 days ago
A systems language is one with enough features to allow developers to write kernel code and device drivers, even if with a little help from assembly.

A GC is just a special case of a memory manager.

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agumonkey 4627 days ago
my own take :

systems language => for building systems, many parts, many interconnections

operating system language => ability to use the hardware with no limitation. even for a monolithic part.

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he_the_great 4627 days ago
> systems language => for building systems, many parts, many interconnections

So... every language?

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