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6 Sep 2024 15:16:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Tell me it isn't C  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 28 Jul 2009 23:45:52
Message: <4a6fc5f0@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Darren New wrote:
>> I've always wondered why people think C is good for writing kernel-level
>> code, as the only facility in C that actually deals with the sorts of
>> things you do in a kernel is "volatile".
> 
>
http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt

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