Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Right. So you're telling me that if you wrote an OS and all the 
> associated large-scale applications in a "safe" language, it would be 
> more secure, and run faster (and obviously take drastically less time to 
> develop).

Yes.  Primarily because then you could turn off the memory management, the 
overhead of protection rings, and so on.

> And people still write all OS and application software in C because...??

Legacy.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The NFL should go international. I'd pay to
   see the Detroit Lions vs the Roman Catholics.

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