> >From this evening's chat session at msnbc:
> ...
> >[Chris_MSNBC says]:
> > <Eric Murray>: what programming laungauge is used in linux, is it all C
> > code? What do you think of Java, and will any launguage replace C as
> > the dominant language
> >
> >[Linus_Torvalds- says:]
> > The kernal itself is low level assembly language....it's just how things
> > are done.
>
> huh?
> --
> mlord@pobox.com
Well it's fairly true. The __asm__ GNU extensions are used for a lot of
deep-in-the-heart kernel code because 'C' doesn't mess with registers,
hardware, etc. Just in case you think outw(....), inp(..etc..) are
in the 'C' language...check again. Even __inline__ __attribute_packed.etc
aren't 'C' things. They are GNU extensions that make it possible to
run about everything through the same compiler. However, it 'taint 'C'.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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