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Re:RISC-V OS using Rust: Graphics by pjmlp on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:05AM (#24047126)
Linus can keep his opinion for himself and whatever direction he wants to drive Linux.

Symbian, Windows, macOS, Android, ChromeOS, Arduino, ARM mbed are all examples of OSes that have C++ at the kernel, or very least at the drivers layer.

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Re:RISC-V OS using Rust: Graphics by Jasper_ on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @10:38AM (#24050415)
Android and ChromeOS are based on the Linux kernel. Arduino has no standard OS from what I'm aware.
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Re:RISC-V OS using Rust: Graphics by pjmlp on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @12:55PM (#24051920)
Arduino uses bare metal C++ runtime, which is an OS of some sorts.

Android and ChromeOS use a fork of Linux kernel, with legacy drivers written in C. What GNU/Linux users would call regular drivers.

Project Treble drivers are written in a mix of C++ and Java.

ChromeOS uses a mix of C++ and Rust for its drivers.

Linux fans have to come to grips that its place on Android and ChromeOS is only a convenience for a POSIX like kernel.

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