[nomenclature] systems language

[Simen kjaeraas]

Simen kjaeraas <simen.kjaras at gmail.com> wrote:
> My understanding of the term:
>
> - Compiles to native code
forgot:
     that is close in speed to that of handwritten assembly


> - Gives direct access to low-level primitives (pointers,
>      register-size integers, bitwise operations)
> - Allows pointer arithmetic
> - Does not stand in the way of getting low-level work done
> - Has a well defined ABI
> - Lets you do manual memory management
>
> Not sure which languages do fit this definition, except of
> course C, C++ and D.
>


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Simen