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C. Why the hell does everything have to be a web app?

• jklein11 10y ago
  Why the hell can't C be in the web?[1] 1.https://medium.com/@lucperkins/web-development-in-c-crazy-or-crazy-like-a-fox-ff723209f8f5#.sttthdkqi https://medium.com/@lucperkins/web-development-in-c-crazy-or...
  • amorphid 10y ago
    One practical reason is that I suspect most C developers aren't interested in building web applications. And most web application developers don't know C.
    • flukus 10y ago
      I think that's a terrible thing. I've been a web app developer for most of my career and I'm not super fluent in c anymore. But c is one of those foundational things every developer should know.
  • shakna 10y ago
    I've used libmicrohttpd for a client in the past. It was easy, and ridiculously fast.
• lawnchair_larry 10y ago
  C is usually the wrong choice for non-web apps too.
  • shakna 10y ago
    Why? With GCC's ability to deploy to just about every architecture, most heavy-handed libraries using C themselves (hence a C FFI in higher languages), and access to the biggest and best GUI libs. Add in musl and static compilation, you get: * Probably fast * Native UIs * Tiny binaries that are easy to distribute
• herbst 10y ago
  Usually when i write something i want people to use it. And i am far to lazy to bother with Windows or Mac specific code. Thats why it is web for me :)