On 29.12.2013 14:15, "Ola Fosheim Grøstad"
<ola.fosheim.grostad+dl...@gmail.com>" wrote:
>
D/Rust/Go/this-C#-language all claim to be system levels programming
languages. I think they are not, as long as C/C++ is a better solution
for embedded programming it will remain THE system level programming
language. Which is kind of odd, considering that embedded systems would
benefit a lot from a safe programming language (due to the
cost/difficulty of updating software installed on deployed hardware).
It doesn't matter if it is possible to write C++-like code in a language
if the library support and knowhow isn't dominant in the ecosystem.
(Like assuming a GC or trying too hard to be cross-platform).
Any language that can be used to write a full OS stack, excluding the
usual stuff that can only be done via Assembly like boot loader and
device driver <-> DMA operations, is a systems level programming language.
Don't forget many things people assume are C features, are actually non
portable compiler extensions.
--
Paulo
