cm0002@lemmy.world to Programming · 2 months agoTime to make C the COBOL of this centurywww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down130cross-posted to: c_lang
arrow-up1-7arrow-down1external-linkTime to make C the COBOL of this centurywww.theregister.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Programming · 2 months agomessage-square40linkfedilinkcross-posted to: c_lang
minus-squareGeodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoJust those crotchety old timers who currently gatekeep the code base.
minus-squareGeodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe Linux kernel is a few hundred million lines of code, probably. It does need to slowly be moved into a memory safe language.
Literally no one is stopping you
Just those crotchety old timers who currently gatekeep the code base.
That doesn’t prevent you from forking it.
The Linux kernel is a few hundred million lines of code, probably. It does need to slowly be moved into a memory safe language.