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Linus Torvalds, then a student at the University of Helsinki in Finland, purchased a 386 PC with a student loan and Christmas money. This is according to Glyn Moody's book, "Rebel Code ...
Torvalds said at the time that he understood it was slow, but that "old-time kernel developers are used to C" and "not exactly excited about having to learn a new language." Still, this could be ...