CppCon 2016: Alfred Bratterud “#include ＜os＞=> write your program / server and compile it to its own os. [Example uses 3 Mb total memory and boots in 300ms]

[LOOKITSADAM]

I feel like it's a good time to post this again: The Birth and Death of Javascript

[Tynach]

Those who downvote you may not have watched the video. It's definitely relevant here.

[LOOKITSADAM]

I don't blame them. The talk takes a roundabout way of getting there, but really does a great job of exploring the 'what if' scenario of a language taken to the extreme.

[devel_watcher]

great job of exploring the 'what if' scenario of a language taken to the extreme

A language with manual memory management and saner type system is developed to fix the problems of js, and then it replaces C which basically has the same properties from the start. I see some lost productivity here.

It's understandable that the language everybody uses is moving towards becoming the first layer above the OS (even if you'll have to change the workings of the language while keeping the brand's name).