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I've heard a lot of libc but not stdlib from other languages. I assume that most of languages that depend on C (such as Python, JVM) depend on libc as well. Is

I've heard a lot of libc but not stdlib from other languages. I assume that most of languages that depend on C (such as Python, JVM) depend on libc as well. Is there any languages implements a runtime in C but implements its own low-level interfaces?

ksherlock 7y ago
some k-family languages do that. http://kparc.com/b/A.S http://kparc.com/b/A.S
- smabie 7y ago
  But why?
  - yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
    The k family likes to be the whole stack; they would view libc as an unnecessary huge[0] dependency. [0] To k, every other language/library/program is too big.
    - smabie 7y ago
      Seeing that libc is undoubtedly already loaded in memory as a dynamic lib on all systems, that doesn't make much sense. Moreover kdb+/q links to libc, and it has very good performance and memory usage.