Or use traditional C. The x86_64 System V ABI is well defined enough that I'm honestly not sure why we need prototypes. All we need is a compiler that authorize

Or use traditional C. The x86_64 System V ABI is well defined enough that I'm honestly not sure why we need prototypes. All we need is a compiler that authorizes us to use an ILP64 data model. Then we'll be able to write C the way it was intended to be written without the quadratic header complexity. C++ showed us where that path leads and I truly hope modules happen but it's about as likely as my hopes of restoring the good parts of K&R C.