[nomenclature] systems language

[Paulo Pinto]

You just ruled out C as a systems language.

In case you are not aware the C standard does not define inline assembler. 
So it
is possibile to have a fully conformat Ansi/ISO C compiler that does not 
offer
inline assembly.

Actually there are a few commercial C compilers that do not offer inline 
assembly.

So given your definition C is not a systems programming language.

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Paulo

"Juanjo Alvarez" <fake at fakeemail.com> wrote in message 
news:almarsoft.5384689916443906991 at news.digitalmars.com...
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:30:02 +1100, Justin Johansson <no at spam.com> 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".
>
> A system language allows you to:.
>
> + Use pointers
> + Do manual memory management + Embed assembler
> + Call the operating system syscalls