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> What is the defining characteristic of a 'systems language' The precise technical definition is "whatever the speaker means by it". In other words, it's not
by tom_mellior 6y ago
> What is the defining characteristic of a 'systems language'
The precise technical definition is "whatever the speaker means by it". In other words, it's not a useful term.
People will come up with definitions like "whatever you can write an OS kernel/a compiler/a database management system in". So languages like Haskell, OCaml, and Java are certainly included. I don't see why Go shouldn't be.