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Function pointers are interesting in C only because they solve certain problems that you wouldn't have to care about if you used another language. They make the
by dvfjsdhgfv 9y ago
Function pointers are interesting in C only because they solve certain problems that you wouldn't have to care about if you used another language. They make the language more expressive, but with great power comes great danger. These days, unless we really have to (supporting legacy systems etc.) we shouldn't use C but rather one of these (still to few IMO) modern languages that give you even more power while being close in efficiency to C.
- apk-d 9y agoI occasionally see someone older than me refer to C as a high-level language and get really confused for a second. (I'm employed as a JS developer (although most of my expertise is centered around C#).)
- spc476 9y agoBack in the 80s, C was a high level language on your typical home computer. I recall in the 90s it was common to argue about the trade offs between writing an application in C vs. Assembly. Today, it's Java (Rust or Go) vs C. I'm just scared at what's coming down the pike that makes Javascript a "low level language."
- kurtisc 9y agoEspruino