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diff --git a/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst b/Documentation/process/programming-language.rst index bc56dee6d0bc..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 <kbuild_llvm>`. This dialect contains many extensions to the language [gnu-extensions]_, @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Please refer to ``include/linux/compiler_attributes.h`` for more information. Rust ---- -The kernel has experimental support for the Rust programming language +The kernel has support for the Rust programming language [rust-language]_ under ``CONFIG_RUST``. It is compiled with ``rustc`` [rustc]_ under ``--edition=2021`` [rust-editions]_. Editions are a way to introduce small changes to the language that are not backwards compatible. |