On 2024-05-30 12:20:39, Kevin Chadwick via Dng wrote:
> On 30/05/2024 10:11, Didier Kryn wrote:
> > Don't forget, also,  that all languages rely upon the C runtime
> > library, which is an essential layer between applications and the kernel.
>
> Certainly the practical situation today for Linux but it isn't a technical OS
> requirement. I have also heard it said that libc doesn't actually need to be
> written in C.

I have seen a libc that is large amounts of assembler.

As us ancient greybeards used to say - you can write FORTRAN in any
language.

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