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> Just about every operating system or major piece of system software is written in C My friends writing safety critical bare metal industrial control software
by mst 5y ago
> Just about every operating system or major piece of system software is written in C
My friends writing safety critical bare metal industrial control software using Ada would, I suspect, feel this was a somewhat limited perspective.
If you ever do consider writing such volumes, I would recommend getting co-authors to cover the areas you're less familiar with.
- defaultname 5y agoGiven that I said "just about", ergo not all, I'm not quite sure what the point of your comment is. Pointing out that someone somewhere is using something else, even haughtily adding some ill-considered snark, doesn't seem particularly useful in that context. It's a big industry. There are loads of exceptions and they still comprise a tiny minority.
- mst 5y ago"just about" is still a vast overestimate, but you're right - while I did my best to be polite while pointing out the extent to which the wall of ill-considered snark I was replying to was, at best, woefully underinformed, I readily admit that I did still fall somewhat short.
- defaultname 5y ago"while I did my best to be polite while pointing out the extent to which the wall of ill-considered snark I was replying to was, at best, woefully underinformed, I readily admit that I did still fall somewhat short." I was being polite in not openly pointing out that your comment was trolling of absolutely no value or purpose, predicated entirely on your own misreading, but here we are.