Re:Fuchsia Programming Language Policy
by nordsieck on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:03PM
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> Does that not imply that okay sure use whatever language you want, but production software (that exists in repositories?) must adhere to approved languages?
> I could be misreading
To me, that reads: platform devs, i.e. people developing Fuchsia itself, must adhere to the approved language list. Which is not uncommon in projects of all sizes from small to large.
I think the wording is a bit weird because Google is expecting 3rd party device manufacturers to make modifications to the OS and expects them to adhere to the approved language list as well.
> I could be misreading
To me, that reads: platform devs, i.e. people developing Fuchsia itself, must adhere to the approved language list. Which is not uncommon in projects of all sizes from small to large.
I think the wording is a bit weird because Google is expecting 3rd party device manufacturers to make modifications to the OS and expects them to adhere to the approved language list as well.