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C programming language showing signs of weakening in 2016

• ycmbntrthrwaway 10y ago
  Upvote just for this masterpiece: > With the advent of the Internet of Things and chatbot technology, C is slowly becoming more obsolete.
  • Someone 10y ago
    On the contrary, "C is so common today that most programs have C compilers to run C-coded files"
• marssaxman 10y ago
  This article is a charmingly strange look at the popularity of programming languages written - or perhaps heavily edited - by someone who is clearly an outsider to the field.
• jmclnx 10y ago
  Well: > Another noteworthy cause of C’s weakening > is its lack of a corporate sponsor A big plus for me, how are the java API law suits going ? > Over the years, C developers have shepherded C on > a path to improved performance but neglected to > add new features what new features, you mean you want to replace some function calls with single built in statements ?