Rewriting linux kernel in common lisp would be like rebuilding the water & electricity grid in NY,NY. It can be done, but with a lot of time and effort, but bef

Rewriting linux kernel in common lisp would be like rebuilding the water & electricity grid in NY,NY. It can be done, but with a lot of time and effort, but before it gets off the ground people who know anything about the old infrastructure will say it is probably a futile task and shouldn't be done. That is why Linux is written in C, because it's dirty, it's effective & efficient and people get shit done in it. Also C & assembly work together hand in hand. C is a direct translation to asm.