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Re:Facebook is using D in production starting today by he_the_great on Friday October 11, 2013 @05:06PM (#6535934)
The problem is by deciding that they can use "systems language" (which they dropped) because "system" means "a set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole" results in every language falling under "systems language."

Others have been using it to distinguish languages suitable for writing operating systems/drivers years before Go introduced this confusion.

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Re:Facebook is using D in production starting today by jdhzzz on Saturday October 12, 2013 @07:46AM (#6538387)
When I hear "systems programmer" I think computer-to-computer. Therefore when I hear "systems language" I think computer-to-computer even absent Go's use of the term. I not be disappointed if a systems language were not appropriate for creating operating systems.
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