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CRConrad 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead

> For the purposes of linux kernel, there's essentially a custom superset of C that is defined as "right" for linux kernel

Superset? Or subset? I'd have guessed the latter.

p_l 4 months ago [–]

Superset. ANSI/ISO C is not a good language to write a kernel in, because the standards are way more limiting than some people would think - and leaves a lot to implementation.

So it's a superset in terms of what's defined

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