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wglb on July 5, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why don't we rewrite the Linux kernel in C++?

Ah, but why does it have to be close to the metal?

wglb on July 5, 2009 [–]

Keeping in mind that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics was programmed in PL/1 and assembler, and may have generated more ideas than Linux or Unix.

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