New programming language will launch for Huawei HarmonyOS and EulerOS

On September 25, Huwaei launched its brand new operating system – OpenEuler that is designed for digital infrastructure. That’s not it, Huawei has something more to reveal on this matter that is related to the development of both EulerOS and HarmonyOS.

Deng Taihua, Vice President and President of Huawei Computing Product Line was interviewed by the Chinese media. During the interview, Deng revealed that OpenEuler and OpenHarmony projects share the same capabilities and ecosystem interoperability.

EulerOS and HarmonyOS:

Den mentioned that the core technologies of these two operating systems are shared. In the future, these two OS will further strengthen their core areas including security, programming languages, device driver frameworks, and distributed soft buses. In terms of ecosystem interoperability, the system of these two realizes application, device, developers as well as university ecosystem.

New Huawei Programming Language:

Deng said Huawei will launch a new research programming language CJ for HarmonyOS and EulerOS application development. However, the official didn’t reveal any further details on this matter.

Earlier this year, Huawei filed a registration name patent for “Cangjie Language” and it’s classified under 42 international categories for design and research. This trademark is expected to be for the programming language of Huawei.

According to the information, the patent was officially filed in February and its status is currently pending. Similarly, Huawei has also applied for a trademark “Cangjie” as the keyword found by Huawei and also for Huawei Cangjie.

Last September, some Weibo users rumored that Huawei was developing its own programming language, named “Cangjie”. Also, this development is underway for a long time and it’s expected that some specific details will be announced in 2021.

Eric Xu:

Huawei’s Rotating Chairman – Eric Xu said HarmonyOS and Euler, both will be open source and the company will focus on building these two operating systems in the future.

In terms of working terminology, HarmonyOS is used for smart devices, IoT, industrial use cases. On the other hand, Euler is designed for servers, edge computing, cloud, and more.

(via – Tech Sina)