Linux is written mostly in C.

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 <title>Linux</title>
 <para>
 Linux is a POSIX-compatible modern operating system developed since 1991,
-released under the GPLv2, with contributions by thousands of people.
+released under the GPLv2, with contributions by thousands of people. It is
+mostly written in C, with some assembly code.
 </para>
 <para>
 It has grown from a non-portable Intel 386 code with thousands lines to a