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> C isn't the Lingua Franca of fast software anymore. What is it, then? > The reason why C programs can sometimes be faster, today, however is not an intrinsi
by rixed 5y ago
> C isn't the Lingua Franca of fast software anymore.
What is it, then?
> The reason why C programs can sometimes be faster, today, however is not an intrinsic property of the language but rather its inability to allow incompetent programmers to hide their bad data structures.
I'm not sure I manage to parse that properly.
What's wrong about not being able to hide bad data structures? And how is this making C faster?
- pjmlp 5y agoC++ naturally.
- urthor 5y agoIncreasingly less so over time I presume. Sneering at C++ is rapidly overtaking insulting Javascript as the world's conversational standby.
- pjmlp 5y ago“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”
- otabdeveloper4 5y agoSour grapes.