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Clarify that the Linux kernel is written in C and improve
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Signed-off-by: Ariful Islam Shoikot <islamarifulshoikat@gmail.com>
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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]_,