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Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 13:17:59 -0700
From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Mark Beebe <mbeebe10@netscape.net>
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Subject: Re: technical question
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2036 at 10:08:35PM -0400, Mark Beebe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently, I am running Linux on my pc. However, I am going to try freebsd
> so that I can get a real UNIX flavor.  I have one question regarding the 
> coding of the freebsd os, is the os written in C or has it been rewritten in
> C++ .  Thanks for your time.

The vast majority of the code is in C and will always be. But there
are lots of bits and pieces in other languages.

I don't know why anyone would attempt to rewrite anything to C++.
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Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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