[petsc-dev] How long?

[Smith, Barry F.]

   I think it is totally insane that the entire Linux kernel is implemented in C in 2019. Probably only 5 percent of the source needs to be implemented in a low level language like C and the rest could be written in a higher level language for enormous improvement in maintainability and extensibility. Similarly it is insane that the GNU portion of Linux/GNU is written in C instead of a higher level language.

   Barry

  And yes Linux is not very extendable. It is just a rewrite of a 40+ year old OS (yes with some improvements and extensions, I'll give you that). 

> On Mar 11, 2019, at 11:14 PM, Zhang, Hong <hongzhang at anl.gov> wrote:
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> Is linux kernel maintainable and extendable? Does anyone want to reimplement linux in Julia?
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> Hong (Mr.)
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>> On Mar 11, 2019, at 9:28 PM, Smith, Barry F. via petsc-dev <petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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>>  PETSc source code is becoming an unmaintainable, unextendable monstrosity. How long until Julia is mature enough that we can (re)implement PETSc in it?
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>>  Barry
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