On 10/14/2010 08:30 AM, Justin Johansson wrote:
Touted often around here is the term "systems language".
May we please discuss a definition to be agreed upon
for the usage this term (at least in this community) and
also have some agreed upon examples of PLs that might also
be members of the "set of systems languages".
Given a general subjective term like this, one would have
to suspect that the D PL is not the only member of this set.
Cheers
Justin Johansson
PS. my apologies for posting a lame joke recently;
certainly it was not meant to be disparaging towards
the D PL and hopefully it was not taken this way.
A systems language is a compiled language that allows you to get as
close to the metal as possible without having to resort to assembly
language. Also, it should be able to run in such a manner as to not
interfere with applications unless absolutely necessary. Lastly, it
should have a API/ABI (Not sure which is correct) that is easy for other
languages to use for system calls.
Casey
