"Paulo Pinto" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Well, C# can also be real systems programming language, see Singularity. > And native code compilers are also available (Bartok, Mono AOT, NGEN). >
Even so, the C# language itself can't really handle many native/systems-level tasks. For example, while I've heard that it's technically possible to reinterpret-cast a piece of memory, actually doing it involves some dark obscure corner of the API. At least it actually has pointers though, unline a certain other flagship VM language... > D names itself a system programming language, but I am yet to see any OS > coded on it. Without system programming examples, it becomes just another > application level language. > Many people would argue that systems-langauge doesn't necessarily mean "OS written in it". Not that I intend to nit-pick the point: Just FWIW.
