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I don't feel bad for these people at all. C has held the throne for decades, and while I'm not a Rust fan, C is crap in terms of being a modern language. No pa
by svnpenn 6y ago
I don't feel bad for these people at all. C has held the throne for decades, and while I'm not a Rust fan, C is crap in terms of being a modern language.
No package system, no module system, no memory safety. It only enjoys current popularity because of inertia.
- arp242 6y agoStill, there are a lot of practical reasons why C still works better in a lot of less common cases. The thing is, if you add up the long tail of all the less common cases then you'll find that combined they're actually quite a substantial fraction of all cases. That doesn't mean this isn't the right direction to go in, but some friction is to be expected, and ideally also reduced whenever possible in this "transitional period". I don't think this can just be dismissed with "C sucks".
- pjmlp 6y agoThat was already true in the 1990's, but UNIX.
- eqvinox 6y agoI don't see how any of your points applies to this situation? C is the undefeated queen of compiler availability. This is a discussion very much about availability.