> Systems programming is the development and management of software that serves as a platform for other software to be built upon. What a wonderfully concise d

> Systems programming is the development and management of software that serves as a platform for other software to be built upon. What a wonderfully concise definition. I was never sure exactly where to draw the line; "You know, it's, uh, programming where you have to manage memory. They use C for it. It's lower-level, and stuff. It's operating systems but not just operating systems."