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I wonder if, using something like RISC-V, it would be possible to create a modern system where all the components are controlled by the operating system instead
by bobajeff 3y ago
I wonder if, using something like RISC-V, it would be possible to create a modern system where all the components are controlled by the operating system instead of firmware. If so could assembly be the best systems language?
- simonblack 3y agoIf so could assembly be the best systems language? It is, but it's so non-portable. UNIX was a good compromise. By using C, you only needed to change the extremely low-level C stuff from one assembly-language to another. The rest of C and the operating system remains the same. That's why the Linux kernel is available for such a huge range of different CPUs.