Comment on Show HN: A new programming language inspired by Go, no LLVMparentComments−ksec1ybut I would never call a GC language a systems programming language....Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal (github.com/ffwff). [1]. And Crystal has GC.[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21860713−ac130kz1yProbably they meant that GC introduces a certain level of uncertainty, whereas OS or "systems" programming leans heavily towards manual handling (except when the compiler allows to avoid it, not the runtime).
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Lilith: x86-64 OS written in Crystal (github.com/ffwff). [1]. And Crystal has GC.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21860713
Probably they meant that GC introduces a certain level of uncertainty, whereas OS or "systems" programming leans heavily towards manual handling (except when the compiler allows to avoid it, not the runtime).