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As much as I hate some aspects of C, I also love it. I love it because the committees are so slow and conservative, I'm sure I can write in C89 now, I can write
by hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
As much as I hate some aspects of C, I also love it. I love it because the committees are so slow and conservative, I'm sure I can write in C89 now, I can write in C89 in ten years' time, and I don't need to care about new features someone might add or not.
You can call it a moot point since the amount of what you can do in pure C today is very limited - you have to use at least a few libraries to do anything remotely useful even on very light systems, but in today's fast developing tech world it's one of these things that really stand out.
- skohan 5y agoFor what it's worth, I find it remarkable what you actually can do with C with just a few libraries. For instance it's entirely possible to write a simple video game in pure C with a few well-chosen libraries for things like audio and asset loading. There's just so much prior art out there.
- pjmlp 5y agoNaturally the libraries for audio and asset loading aren't pure C, unless I missed some chapters on ISO C document.
- jb1991 5y ago> As much as I hate some aspects of C, I also love it. I love it because the committees are so slow and conservative You might find this an interesting perspective: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30404636 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30404636