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>but I would never call a GC language a systems programming language.... Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal (github.com/ffwff). [1]. And Crystal has GC. [1

by ksec 1y ago

>but I would never call a GC language a systems programming language.... Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal (github.com/ffwff). [1]. And Crystal has GC. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21860713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21860713

ac130kz 1y ago
Probably they meant that GC introduces a certain level of uncertainty, whereas OS or "systems" programming leans heavily towards manual handling (except when the compiler allows to avoid it, not the runtime).