From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDDD2299A90; Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771089086; cv=none; b=UNsWUJ+7RjoTwoeTIY/1dZOWzLkA2Aeg5wQUilQcHfuILdXtJJP2l8LZ7411OoDVHFgs7TGIXyhFgwAUpncQ2nLjctTyo58N3ufslMApjJCuCb5cuqeKk+VBZdtEk4JyVwpykTBhXnePgyrzL3mMmL6dekx0O2UTmd6mVACLzpQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771089086; c=relaxed/simple; bh=P9CtA3qs5I6DikP48zlgjbhx58Q9uwXOYZ/5J+fYfzw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Huoz8zY+lzN+ZypXmIAktuC/CgHxlmCScVDEU+Ra7QSHNJLqWihwyp/ZARJCufCc2sYzHYeDGnlhtBDW5hZcgYoGG9J1HKdAyCIJT3avo+oAM12300xKtpmegLoBwFy27AKVphXd4rfUAIV3bjAO77oX1kiDwEKtbdWQb9K1c1U= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=Hm8Mixcj; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="Hm8Mixcj" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net DE5CC411EC DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1771089084; bh=Ptnm4/qd24KSEh7dS4XSRQqhdWsswl+BZMgpZ3Jj8HU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Hm8Mixcj6arjLgilY+URBnWFoJSjnLXmSbtsDO2lzW8HxNioLW8cwSaDJCZIiVYfh 2QbRZhrL3V2/cU+Oua/TQX3ODRoHg7LT+Vnw930LG+MsJpjLIGGIF7lk1T9Hnd+pm2 CSvLZCU9VRtsJtQx1tj9vtnz39sJWBZTLHxW0LveoCjGq0ExoB/ADAf5RSwebDNmig TOD9jf5JslfILDwqus8i5yjiLvN+/RZzP3CfOciKrMaVwnS6QwcGAMZrry3JL6UzKp sfN8sPgmYfmFdlu3YMW0fHBfw3tw7WQIX4nOno3iVJnJeIkBgoVaDbOFAMhH/LG4MQ A6YCPTQoTeaBw== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DE5CC411EC; Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:11:23 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Ariful Islam Shoikot , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Shuah Khan , Ariful Islam Shoikot Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: clarify wording in programming-language.rst In-Reply-To: <20260214132842.1161-1-islamarifulshoikat@gmail.com> References: <20260214132842.1161-1-islamarifulshoikat@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:11:23 -0700 Message-ID: <87ms1bqmh0.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Ariful Islam Shoikot writes: > Clarify that the Linux kernel is written in C and improve > punctuation in the clang sentence. > > Signed-off-by: Ariful Islam Shoikot > --- > Documentation/process/programming-language.rst | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst b/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst > index f39d1d3dd9ce..c18e307ccb56 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst > @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ > Programming Language > ==================== > > -The kernel is written in the C programming language [c-language]_. > -More precisely, the kernel is typically compiled with ``gcc`` [gcc]_ > +The Linux kernel is written in the C programming language [c-language]_. > +More precisely, it is typically compiled with ``gcc`` [gcc]_ > under ``-std=gnu11`` [gcc-c-dialect-options]_: the GNU dialect of ISO C11. > -``clang`` [clang]_ is also supported, see docs on > +``clang`` [clang]_ is also supported; see documentation on > :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM `. So you have tidied up the language, but not addressed the fact that the information is somewhat outdated. Clang is a first-class option these days, and the documentation should probably reflect that. Oh well, I've applied this as a good start :) Thanks, jon