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There is no C++ allowed in the Linux kernel and Linus has gone on several major rants about how terrible a language it is.

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54 points

Is it all C?

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Always has been

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4 points

Why do I suddenly feel a meme coming on? 😅

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Lots of core UNIX and Linux projects are. C++ is not liked by a lot of low level FOSS community. I think Rust is going to get further into these areas. I know C++ well but prefer C. I know plenty of others who feel the same.

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I’ve read that they are writing parts of the kernel in Rust

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According to the github analysis, the kernel repository is:

  • C 98.3%
  • Assembly 0.7%
  • Shell 0.4%
  • Makefile 0.2%
  • Python 0.2%
  • Perl 0.1%
  • Other 0.1%

So yeah, its basically all C, plus a tiny bit of assembly for very low level bootstrapping and some helper scripts.

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1 point

Wot no Delphi?

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30 points

Yeah but a lot of that C code has inline assembly so it’s more like 5-10% asm.

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87 points

There’s assembly and makefiles too

Less of a joke answer, there has been work to allow Rust bindings for drivers.

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26 points

rust too

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