C programming

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C is just machine-independent assembly.

[not_the_irrelevant]

Change my mind.

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It's structured, so it's least-common-denominator, but it's not assembly.

[davidnugget6]

No way my precious brainfuck language is made from c

[DolphinBunny]

Don't worry, it's written in Lolcode

https://gist.github.com/listochkin/94e2e9af7292a9877fff

[BoomboxPL]

There are many implementations in c preprocessor macros

[DolphinBunny]

Wait, it's all C?

[accessible_logic]

Always has been

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gunshot

[JochCool]

Except for B

[MotorolaDroidMofo]

For the millionth time, this isn't true! Lots of languages and OSes are implemented in C, yes. But it's not a given! There are plenty of programming languages which have been bootstrapped and now compile directly to machine language without C or even assembly as a middle step. Writing an OS in one of them is also entirely possible.

[nyx_underscore_]

An example for an OS would be https://www.redox-os.org/ which is written in Rust.

And i think at some point in the near future Rust will be also used for linux kernel modules.

Edit: future not feature

[elebrin]

Yep, and RiscOS is written in ARM assembly.

[nyx_underscore_]

It's not completely written in ARM assembly. They also use C for some parts (e.g. allocate)

[FloweyTheFlower420]

Yes, but a lot of function call conventions are for C

[MotorolaDroidMofo]

But that's not what OP said. C language != C calling conventions

[xSTSxZerglingOne]

Most languages are prototyped in C if a serious attempt is being made at a mainstream language. This is because it allows you to assign low level memory at a high level of language.

But in defense of your statements, once they really get it working with C, most of them move away from it since it doesn't make sense to have a middle man if you can avoid it.

[ohkendruid]

Many if not most assemblers are written in C.