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> Perhaps the crack in "B" is supposed to mean something. B was the _flawed_ predecessor to C. Wikipedia alleges a lack of types was the main issue that conseq
by zwp 5y ago
> Perhaps the crack in "B" is supposed to mean something.
B was the _flawed_ predecessor to C. Wikipedia alleges a lack of types was the main issue that consequently drove C's invention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_(programming_language)
- colejohnson66 5y agoWell, when everything is a single word representing either an integer or a memory address, things like char, short int, int, long, and long long don’t make much sense. The flip side is: types allow things like structs and more.