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Torvalds: Stick to C for kernel coding By Munir Kotadia and Chris Duckett, ZDNet.com.au February 12, 2008 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Torvalds-Stick-to-C-for-kernel-coding/0,130061733,339285844,00.htm
Linus Torvalds at linux.conf.au 2008 discussed how C remains the most appropriate coding language for the Linux kernel. "We have certain rules for what we expect [from] our programmers", Torvalds told ZDNet.com.au, "The kernel is about low level stuff, and C, for the kernel, is the right language." Torvalds noted that while C++ has other more appropriate uses, it, along with other programming language were not appropriate for the kernel. "It's not just C++", he said.
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