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Re:Moving the Linux Kernel to Modern C by pinephoneguy on Thursday February 24, 2022 @04:10PM (#30460325)
Yes but Linux won't even build with gcc 4 much less weird compilers like tcc or msvcc. That ship has unfortunately already sailed.
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Re:Moving the Linux Kernel to Modern C by tiahura on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:15PM (#30461046)
Sounds like GNU/Linux is probably warranted.
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Re:Moving the Linux Kernel to Modern C by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday February 24, 2022 @05:37PM (#30461302)
Kind of, but you can also use clang. On the other other hand, that's clang with GNU extensions, so /shrug
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