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Fortran is a terrible language for developing an OS. It doesn't even have pointers.
by WalterBright 2mo ago
Fortran is a terrible language for developing an OS. It doesn't even have pointers.
- pjmlp 2mo agoThat was one example among many others that I could have chosen from compiled languages, I just happened to chose the very first successful one. I might also add that I was surprised that you lost an opportunity to advocate for D, which what I was actually hitting for with that remark alongside a smiley.
- pklausler 2mo agoThe standard language has had both dumb and smart pointers for 36 years. Based storage has been available as a common extension for over forty.
- pjmlp 2mo agoSome people forget not only is Fortran one of the few languages with first class support for GPU programming, and one of the reasons OpenCL lost, it has all the goodies of modern languages. I used it as example, as I could have used any other compiled language, including D.