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> Using Linus' name is a usual trick. He did not make the kernel
> in 'C'. It was made using various tools including assembler and
> GNU extensions that are implemented within the GNU Compiler.
> Check the ../linux/arch/.. directories and the ../linux/include/asm
> directories before you leap to such a conclusion.
And the proportion of asm() in there is? What is the proportion of this
stuff (tightly bound to each architecture!) in the kernel you build?
> Further, much of the new 'C' libraries are written in assembly.
> Basically, the hard stuff is written in assembly so you can make
> portable code that runs reasonably well.
Again, I've taken a look at glibc-2.1 snapshots. It's just not "much",
there are some extremely speed-critical routines (string and memory
handling, some math functions) that are written as horrendous macros that
(depending on the exact arguments) call one of a bunch of inline functions
that are in turn mostly asm() statements. Not nice to behold at all, but
needed for performance. The rest is just plain old C.
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