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Re:Why I Don't Want to Learn Go by jacquesm on Monday March 19, 2012 @08:57AM (#3723680)
Chances with these 'random dudes on HN' are that they actually know a thing or two, I'd hate to make any assumptions there.

As for your 'what people mean by systems programming', how about you both stick to the definition/description used here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_programming

That would make it much easier to communicate. From the looks of it systems programming is all about no compromise, specifically for the reasons outlined by the GP. Now I wouldn't know him from Adam but even outside the realm of driver and OS programming there is plenty of room for software that is 100% deterministic in terms of time and space consumed.

Note that the 'alternate usage' term in the page linked above was specifically not what the GP was talking about if I understood it correctly.

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Re:Why I Don't Want to Learn Go by heretohelp on Monday March 19, 2012 @09:03AM (#3723695)
You have it right and seems to understand systems programming and the consequences of the necessities underlying it perfectly.
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