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This is a great point. I understand why a C++ ABI is so hard to keep nailed down, but the inability to do so has really hampered adoption of C++ as a true “syst

This is a great point. I understand why a C++ ABI is so hard to keep nailed down, but the inability to do so has really hampered adoption of C++ as a true “system” language.

pjmlp 9y ago
C++ is a true systems languages on OSes written in C++, there are quite a few of them.
- bronson 9y ago
  Can you name a few? All the ones I can think of are academic and still require you to recompile all applications when the OS targets a newer compiler.
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    ARM mbed, the Arduino bare metal libraries. Symbian was written in C++.
    - bronson 9y ago
      The first two are not really OSes and don't offer binary compatibility (they require recompile-the-world). And Symbian is dead, perhaps partly due to C++'s brittleness. Any others?