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Maybe it's next to impossible to write C code that isn't badly written
by voxl 5y ago
Maybe it's next to impossible to write C code that isn't badly written
- FpUser 5y agoOr maybe we have too many developers that treat language of their choice as a religion.
- pjmlp 5y ago>To encourage people to pay more attention to the official language rules, to detect legal but suspicious constructions, and to help find interface mismatches undetectable with simple mechanisms for separate compilation, Steve Johnson adapted his pcc compiler to produce lint [Johnson 79b], which scanned a set of files and remarked on dubious constructions. -- https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.html https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.html Unfortunately since 1979, majority of C devs think they know better.
- koonsolo 5y agoC code is of course close to the hardware, which as always, has benefits and drawbacks.