From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 18:26:33 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BAAB210 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:26:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp125.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (smtp125.ord1c.emailsrvr.com [108.166.43.125]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FB8A3CD8 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:26:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp16.relay.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp16.relay.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id A725838032F for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:20:40 -0400 (EDT) X-SMTPDoctor-Processed: csmtpprox 2.7.1 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp16.relay.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id A46CD38094C for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:20:40 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: OK Received: from smtp192.mex05.mlsrvr.com (unknown [184.106.31.85]) by smtp16.relay.ord1c.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTPS id 93AF038032F for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:20:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ORD2MBX06A.mex05.mlsrvr.com ([fe80::a036:9fff:fe1e:ecd8]) by ORD2HUB26.mex05.mlsrvr.com ([fe80::be30:5bff:fef4:9240%15]) with mapi id 14.03.0169.001; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:20:40 -0500 From: Gerry Weaver To: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: RE: The use of C language is avoided in FreeBSD development? Thread-Topic: The use of C language is avoided in FreeBSD development? Thread-Index: AQHPtlhX+nIPWMFhYE2FPiqAy8ExUJvNR0TA Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:20:39 +0000 Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [108.252.2.26] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:26:33 -0000 Hi, That would seem to rather difficult considering the fact that the entire OS= is written in it. If you want to hack on FreeBSD, you should learn and use= C. If you're new to programming in general, you should also learn C. Your = code will thank you for it regardless of the language(s) you ultimately end= up using. Another added bonus is that you won't spend the rest of your day= s trying to justify the fact that you didn't learn it ;) Thanks, -G -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@freeb= sd.org] On Behalf Of fran=E7ai s Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:08 PM To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: The use of C language is avoided in FreeBSD development? The use of C language is avoided in FreeBSD development? I ask this because= second Eric Raymond in 'How To Become A Hacker', actually, the more you ca= n avoid programming in C the more productive you will be. reference:http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/l= istinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"