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> So while C may be as lightweight as it can get, it's not really suitable for projects with more than 10k LOC. What about the linux kernel? Or GCC? Both proje
by johnfn 15y ago
> So while C may be as lightweight as it can get, it's not really suitable for projects with more than 10k LOC.
What about the linux kernel? Or GCC? Both projects are on the order of millions of lines of code. The author's claim is simply not true.
- celoyd 15y agoEven though C is used for those large successful projects, even if it isn’t wrong for them, and even if the projects grew using C through a series of justified decisions, C can still be suboptimal for them.
- arethuza 15y agoThere is no clear explanation of why he thinks C is suboptimal - his statement implies to me that there are other languages that are clearly better for writing things like OS kernels etc. and I'm not that has been demonstrated yet.
- angrycoder 15y agonot suitable != not possible And of course you are going to write an operating system in C.