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		Joky on May 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mojo – a new programming language for AI developer... They claim they are writing the actual kernel code (as in the implementation of a matmul) with it, and it was presented as a "system programming language": this goes far beyond "high-level tasks" it seems.

adgjlsfhk1 on May 3, 2023 [–]

You can write kernels in a language with a GC. You just write kernels that don't allocate.

pjmlp on May 3, 2023 | [–]

Alternatively have the GC as an OS service.

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