What Language

shadrach_india

What language is used for developing OS (windows)? If X languages is used for that, what language is used for the language compiler ? If this is Y language, What language is used for Y compiler ..... ...... :confused: .....:confused: ..... :confused:

code frog 0

C/C++ and Assembler. C/C++ and Assembler. C/C++ and Assembler. Not at all uncommon for programming languages to compile themselves as well as products.

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Weiye Chen

Assembly language :~

Super Lloyd

A tiny portion! But you can't escape some of it. Heck, even Singularity[^] has tiny portion of assembly code in it.

shadrach_india

I know Assembly language. But for compiling, I need assembler, what language is used for Assembler. :->

code frog 0

The Processor

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darkelv

Machine Language?

Eytukan

shadrach_india wrote:

what language is used for Assembler

:confused: Assembly!

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Corinna John

AFAIK OS developers use - C++ for the OS - Assembly Language for the C++ compiler - Machine language for the Assembler The machine language is coded into the processor and does not need a compiler...:rolleyes: _____________________________________________________________________________ I don't expect too much, all I want is your vote for Halbsichtigkeit.

shadrach_india

Is it correct :~ . May I believe this :->

lmoelleb

Take a look here[^].

Roger Alsing 0

>>If this is Y language, What language is used for Y compiler ..... well, since we have lots of nice languages today, you could very well create an assembler in ruby or c# (:~ ), they just have to parse the assembly code and spit out the machinecode for it. so today its not a problem the problem only existed for the first poor bastards that created the first compilers before there were anything else :-) so if someone was about to create a new platform, they wouldnt have this problem ,they would simply make an assembler on say windows/*nix that spits out machinecode for the new platform.. http://www.puzzleframework.com

Kevin McFarlane

shadrach_india wrote:

What language is used for developing OS (windows)?

Currently C, C++, Assembler. But for Vista, it's C, C++, Assembler, Managed C++ and C#. Kevin

peterchen

Not quite. The C++ compiler, of course, is written in C++. The first C++ translator was called CFront, it was originally written in C, and translated C++ sources to C, which in turn were fed to the C compiler. Same goes for the first C compiler, written in C, by intermediate translation to B (or BCPL?)

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Corinna John

Things are even worse: C# and VB are coded in C++. Just imagine the compiler chain depth you'd get if you wrote a compiler in C#. _____________________________________________________________________________ I don't expect too much, all I want is your vote for Halbsichtigkeit.

Corinna John

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Ryan Binns

Me :cool:

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shadrach_india

Thanks a lot

Lost User

C is used for windows. the space shuttle too. C is used for everything. (or C++ which is a superset of C). Compilers, OS, the lot. Only very small parts of the HAL (hardware abstraction layer in the kernel) are written in assembler. Nunc est bibendum

Lost User

Corinna John wrote:

Just imagine the compiler chain depth you'd get if you wrote a compiler in C#

Stop it, I feel sick enough already. Nunc est bibendum