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The C programming language is like debating a philosopher and Python is like debating someone who ate an edible (sh.itjust.works)
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also I just realized that Brazil did NOT make a programming language entirely in Spanish and call it "Si" and that my professor was making a joke about C... god damn it

this post is probably too nieche but I feel like Lemmy is nerdy enough that enough people will get it lol

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[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Maybe I’ll build an OS in Python just for the fun of it! Haha

[-] cooligula@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

You just cannot do it, I'm afraid. Python is an interpreted language, and requires de CPython library to be translated into machine code so that it can then be run, but that requires an underlying OS that makes the calls. The closest thing would be micropython, which can be run inside the Linux kernel, but that's about it. The only thing I can think of is using a custom compiler that would generate either C/C++ or assembly code from a Python script, and then compile it using a standard C/C++/assembly compiler.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The closest thing would be micropython, which can be run inside the Linux kernel

So, there?

[-] cooligula@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

That is not the same as building an OS in Python hahaha

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Well shoot! This is really interesting though. I’m not a programmer, but I think I understand the basics of this.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 points 3 days ago

Guess they have to write a python compiler first then.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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