[TUHS] Any UNIX With No C In Userland?

[Bakul Shah via TUHS]

On Mar 1, 2025, at 6:16 PM, Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:
> 
> I took a look at the V language, not a fan.  But I'm a grumpy old C
> programmer and I tend to hate languages that change the syntax for 
> no good reason.

There are quite a few newer languages but none outstanding (IMHO). I
do like V but that may be because I haven't written enough code in it!

> I would much prefer to see C evolved.  Not like C++ but just better C.
> It dismays me that people feel like they need to make a mark with some
> new "better" syntax.  C syntax is fine, it's well understood by a zillion
> programmers.  So why not evolve that syntax to a better C?

AFAIK all such attempts have failed. C is a great portable assembler but
not so great as a high level language.

> We did that with https://www.little-lang.org/index.html which is a compiled
> C like language.   There are a ton of extensions to C that just made sense
> to me.  It never caught on but it still stands as an example of how you 
> could take C syntax and extend it to be more useful.  Why people don't 
> do that is a mystery to me.

I looked at it when it was mentioned in the past. Didn't like it enough.

Anyway, my main point was that please do something innovative and
interesting if you must use a new HLL for an OS!