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Re:KolibriOS – operating system written entirely in assembly... by papermachete on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @11:23AM (#22878800)
Less code doesn't imply faster code. GCC coreutils have blasted through openbsd coreutils for years.

Now we have CPUs with 256KB instruction cache and up. You can compile your whole OS at insane optimizations.

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