I would consider a systems programming language any language that you can use to build operating systems, even if a little help of assembly language is required.
"Norbert Nemec" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... >A language that is adequate for systems programming. > > This leaves "adequate" and "systems programming" for definition... > > > > > On 10/14/2010 02:30 PM, Justin Johansson 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". >> Given a general subjective term like this, one would have >> to suspect that the D PL is not the only member of this set. >> >> Cheers >> Justin Johansson >> >> PS. my apologies for posting a lame joke recently; >> certainly it was not meant to be disparaging towards >> the D PL and hopefully it was not taken this way. >
