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> C is a perfectly good language with just the most basic standard library. Unless you want to write cross-platform networking code. But in that case C is an
by jbarham 16y ago
> C is a perfectly good language with just the most basic standard library.
Unless you want to write cross-platform networking code. But in that case C is an excellent language for writing networking libraries for your favorite scripting languages.
I'd argue that nowadays C is used more to implement other languages than it is by itself.
- silentbicycle 16y agoThat's probably been true for a long time. That and low-level libraries. Even the really old Unix books recommend piping together small C utilities and stuff written in awk, sh, etc.