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I think the strongest thing in C's favor is that it is an extremely simple language, so it's easy to port and easy to write (semi-broken) compilers for. A langu
by solidsnack9000 10y ago
I think the strongest thing in C's favor is that it is an extremely simple language, so it's easy to port and easy to write (semi-broken) compilers for. A language like C++, D or Rust, being more complicated, can take longer to provide ports for.
- Manishearth 10y agoAll three of those languages have at least one compiler with an llvm backend, so writing ports should be as hard as C. Perhaps easier, since you don't actually have to write a parser for anything, just an IR->asm pass.