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I find the notion of syscalls as the interface to an OS more intriguing than the world according to C. C as it stands may be ubiquitous, but other languages can
by frou_dh 13y ago
I find the notion of syscalls as the interface to an OS more intriguing than the world according to C. C as it stands may be ubiquitous, but other languages can conceivably be implemented as peers to it (rather than on top of it - it took me far too long to realise that). It's fundamental neither on bare metal nor in the presence of an OS.
- pjmlp 13y agoYep, when C was mainly a UNIX only language, there were another ones to choose from. With UNIXs spread into the enterprise, C started to gain weight. If UNIX hadn't been successful, it would just be yet another language.