Google Cloud or AWS provides access to users directly. But I think a big part of programmers working on gCloud or AWS are system programmers.
On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 1:24 PM Greg A. Woods <wo...@planix.ca> wrote: > At Sun, 28 Nov 2021 05:04:44 GMT, Mayuresh Kathe <mayur...@sdf.org> wrote: > Subject: what is systems programming? > > > > i have heard a lot of references to systems > > programming throughout my time as a > > programmer in the past 30 years, but even > > on inquiring haven't received a clear and > > simple answer to what makes a systems > > programmer. > > I don't agree with the whole of the Wikipedia article about "Systems > Programming", but I think this part is an excellent summary: > > The primary distinguishing characteristic of systems programming > when compared to application programming is that application > programming aims to produce software which provides services to the > user directly (e.g. word processor), whereas systems programming > aims to produce software and software platforms which provide > services to other software. > > The Encyclopedia Britannica description is also reasonably good (though > I would definitely leave out the phrase "especially as used in computer > networks" -- that is not a requirement): > > Systems programming: Development of computer software that is part > of a computer operating system or other control program, especially > as used in computer networks. Systems programming covers data and > program management, including operating systems, control programs, > network software, and database management systems. > > -- > Greg A. Woods <gwo...@acm.org> > > Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <wo...@robohack.ca> > Planix, Inc. <wo...@planix.com> Avoncote Farms <wo...@avoncote.ca> >
