From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Upcoming rewrite of kernel
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:35:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020401203512Z312586-616+4291@vger.kernel.org> (raw)
Hi folks,
I have been dealing with maintaining Linux in a mixture of C and Assembler for over twelve years now. While it has been a lot of fun, every day dealing with these essentially dead languages has become harder and harder for me, and other programers seem to agree.
Thus, starting with Linux 3.0 (to be released hopefully by next summer), the kernel will be completely rewritten in the easy-to-use Visual Basic language. This will eliminate all issues involving buffer overruns, as well as streamlining porting of Windows programs to Linux, since Microsoft (who will now assume ownership of Linux) assure me that Windows is written entirely in VB as well.
Microsoft has also stated that they intend to incorporate Windows features, such as the RRS (Rapid Random Shutdown) in Windows 95, into Linux 3.0.
Linus
next reply other threads:[~2002-04-01 20:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-01 20:35 Linus Torvalds [this message]
2002-04-01 20:48 ` Thomas Glanzmann
2002-04-01 20:55 ` James Simmons
2002-04-01 21:16 ` Thomas Glanzmann
2002-04-01 21:02 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-04-01 21:17 ` Thomas Glanzmann
2002-04-01 21:09 ` Shawn Starr
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