[nomenclature] systems language

[Jimmy Cao]

I think that would be too broad.
You can write an operating system in Python if you wanted to.
http://unununium.org/

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Paulo Pinto <pjmlp at progtools.org> wrote:

> I would consider a systems programming language any language that you
> can use to build operating systems, even if a little help of assembly
> language is
> required.
>
>
> "Norbert Nemec" <Norbert at Nemec-online.de> wrote in message
> news:i96vcl$11oi$1 at digitalmars.com...
> >A language that is adequate for systems programming.
> >
> > This leaves "adequate" and "systems programming" for definition...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/14/2010 02:30 PM, 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.
> >
>
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