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Would it make sense to spin "Better C" off into a separate language? It would for example help to create an ecosystem of 3rd party libraries not dependent on gc

• yvdriess 6y ago
  Seconding the question. More to the point, a language that only needs libc and not a separate runtime. It's a big boon that existing C projects can migrate one object file at a time to betterC, without needing to pull in extra dependencies. Moreover, embedded dev is where C is still the most entrenched due to its runtime simplicity (simple ctr0, linker script, and you're off).
• WalterBright 6y ago
  You can certainly treat it that way. It specifically does not need its own libraries, all it needs are the usual C libraries. Libraries created with it are also directly accessible from C.
• mhh__ 6y ago
  No. D already has image problems with D1 and D2 (as in people crop up on the forum asking about it a decade after the switch), making D better C a separate language probably wouldn't be a great idea