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diff --git a/doc/style.9.txt b/doc/style.9.txt index e479c8ca..846a3e46 100644 --- a/doc/style.9.txt +++ b/doc/style.9.txt @@ -62,12 +62,11 @@ LANGUAGES --------- The kernel is mostly written in the C programming language, conforming -to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (C99) and slowly transitioning to ISO/IEC 9899:2011 -(C11), with GNU extensions. While many GNU extensions are used, nested -functions are forbidden. They are considered too specific to the GCC -compiler. Note that X15 can currently be built with both GCC and Clang, -and the latter has no support for nested functions. Also note that the -kernel only expects the freestanding C environment from the compiler. +to ISO/IEC 9899:2011 (C11), with GNU extensions. While many GNU extensions +are used, nested functions are forbidden. They are considered too specific +to the GCC compiler. Note that X15 can currently be built with both GCC +and Clang, and the latter has no support for nested functions. Also note +that the kernel only expects the freestanding C environment from the compiler. Since X15 is low level system software, processor-specific assembly is inevitable. Developers should always refrain from writing assembly code |