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> For the purposes of linux kernel, there's essentially a custom superset of C that is defined as "right" for linux kernel Superset? Or subset? I'd have guesse
by CRConrad 2y ago
> For the purposes of linux kernel, there's essentially a custom superset of C that is defined as "right" for linux kernel
Superset? Or subset? I'd have guessed the latter.
- p_l 2y agoSuperset. ANSI/ISO C is not a good language to write a kernel in, because the standards are way more limiting than some people would think - and leaves a lot to implementation. So it's a superset in terms of what's defined