What Language

[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]

Imagine that all compilers would disappear from all harddrives over night. Who would be able to write the first new compiler? :~ _____________________________________________________________________________ I don't expect too much, all I want is your vote for Halbsichtigkeit.

[Ryan Binns]

Me :cool:

Ryan

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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

[Lost User]

Compilers arent difficult conceptualy, it is the text parsing that is just painful to write because it has to do so much syntax checking. Once the text is tokenised, translating it to assembly is easier. Nunc est bibendum

[JCParker]

Great Stuff, granular control, no security hang ups Ever see a processor flame, this is the language to create that program.

[Andy Brummer]

You forgot Plain English and Plain English. ;P

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[dandy72]

> Imagine that all compilers would disappear from all harddrives over night. > Who would be able to write the first new compiler? Whoever can do a restore the quickest? ;P

[David Crow]

code-frog wrote:

C/C++ and Assembler.

Assembler is the tool that compiles assembly code. ;)

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[code frog 0]

Hey! Yellow Card!!! His second part of his question was what compiled the language. Wouldn't it be Assembler for Assembly? "Some Assembly Required." has always meant something funny to me.

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[peterchen]

scary.... especially with the complexity of current languages. Fortran is simple, but imagine how long it would take to get a fully functional C++ compilre :omg:

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