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I encourage you to reconsider the idea that C has footguns. Having written quite a lot of C, I no longer fear the rougher edges of C. Avoiding them takes time t
by phendrenad2 5y ago
I encourage you to reconsider the idea that C has footguns. Having written quite a lot of C, I no longer fear the rougher edges of C. Avoiding them takes time to get used to, but they're the price you pay for the ultimate simplicity of C.
- ironmagma 5y agoWhen a comment like this[1] with a complete historical account of the origins of C has to be written in order to explain a weird behavior, you know you have footguns. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28954260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28954260