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If he allows another language in Linux, there is nothing that could piss him off anymore.

• 1_player 6y ago
  I'd love a new C-inspired language (no, Rust is C++-inspired) made from a pragmatic developer like Torvalds. Zig comes very close IMO, but it's still too unstable to be under Linus' radar.
  • xiphias2 6y ago
    I think having a new production quality C-inspired language is just not practical anymore. There was a thread about improving C language with the auto keyword with a long and well thought out standardization process. After adding some of these features that are clearly missing, there won't be too much improvement possibility compared to C while keeping a C-like type system to warrant the huge amount of work to create a new language.
    • CheezeIt 6y ago
      You can improve on C by removing its implicit conversions. You won’t get that in the standard.
      • xiphias2 6y ago
        That's actually something that a compiler warning can do for you. It clearly doesn't warrant a new language.
        • CheezeIt 6y ago
          Unless it’s standardized it doesn’t actually work in practice. And with C it would break the most basic uses of the language.