> It's disappointing to see "just compile to C!" still so popular on HN. Posts on C get blindly upvoted on HN and proggit. I guarantee it. Me thinks it's lik

> It's disappointing to see "just compile to C!" still so popular on HN. Posts on C get blindly upvoted on HN and proggit. I guarantee it. Me thinks it's like the history channel for programmers; learning about their forerunners and how they had to bang rocks together to make fire. It's also how I've gotten all of my karma. Unfortunately, the abyss has also looked into me, as I now write C code for a living...