yes, not a unix os but rather unix-like, and i want to program all of it on python, is that possible?? even the kernel, i want it all python. i know most kernels use c++ or c* but maybe python has a library to turn c* into python?? i’m still sort of a beginner but thanks and i would appreciate the answers

  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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    4 hours ago

    I have to object to the supposed necessity of C. In particular, the bolded claim that an OS not written in C is still going to have C involved.

    Such an OS could instead have written its non-native parts using assembly.

    Agreed! That’s a great point!

    I appreciate your clarification. Not everything has to run C. It’s just a trend in today’s products.

    I was attempting to humorously reference Monty Python’s Spam sketch, where it seems like everything on the menu has at least a little Spam in it. Every device I could think of, that I’ve toyed with enough to guess what it has running, is running at least a bit of C.

    For an attempt at a counterpoint, I thought of a few devices, like my PineWatch, that run an OS codes entirely written in one language. But… That one language is, of course, C.

    legacy convenience.

    Yeah. I think legacy convenience is, indeed, why there’s C in so many places, even places it doesn’t have to be.

    There’s so many folks with so much hardware driver expertise in C, and they teach our next generation, so I figure that will continue until something really compelling changes their preference.

    I appreciate your point. There are lots of non-C ways to create bytecode. My (amused) point is that we don’t seem very fond of any of those methods, today.