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Why C for system programs and OS development?

Why c is used main for system programs and os development comapre other lang
Oct 6 '06 #1
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Why c is used main for system programs and os development comapre other lang
I'd say because it is closer to the hardware than than other languages.
It is closer to assembly language and so makes it easier to manipulate memory locations directly especially using pointers.
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