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C has such a bad wrap with the HN crowd...

• memling 4y ago
  > C has such a bad wrap with the HN crowd... why?
  • encryptluks2 4y ago
  • hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
    It really doesn't. After all, many (most?) other languages like Java and JavaScript are implemented primarily in C and/or C++. Where it gets deserved opprobrium is that it has no memory safety features, and thus inherently contributes to gobs of security vulnerabilities, and there are safer alternatives now, like Rust. C is basically "portable assembly", and it's rarely the right tool for the job these days.
  • _vdpp 4y ago
    Can only patch so many buffer overflows, off-by-one errors, format string vulnerabilities, integer overflows, race conditions, use-after-free errors, etc, before it gets to be a bit tiring. Safer alternatives exist.
• swores 4y ago
  I think a comment of "smart people use <any language>" would be downvoted.