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Well yeah we do have general conferences on programming languages. But the point is we don't have a specific conference on C, like you wouldn't have a specific
by chrisseaton 4y ago
Well yeah we do have general conferences on programming languages. But the point is we don't have a specific conference on C, like you wouldn't have a specific conference on a simple hammer.
- adamdusty 4y agoBut tech also has conferences on specific languages. Seems like a JS, C#, C++, Java, python, etc. conference could be analogous to hand tools for carpentry.
- chrisseaton 4y agoExactly - and there isn’t one for C. That’s the whole point of the thread.
- kryptiskt 4y agoComparing programming languages to a specific tool is not the right analogy. A programmer can specialize in C, no carpenter specializes in hammering.
- phlipski 4y agoJohn Henry specialized in hammering... He was a steel driving man!
- chrisseaton 4y agoBut that's the insight people are bringing up in this thread - nobody specialises in C. Lots of people learn and use C as an every day tool. I'm a Java and Ruby programmer - but I have to work with C as an ABI and an extension language. Python programmers have to work with C as an extension language. There are DB developers who use C. I don't know anyone who describes themselves as a 'C programmer' like you would 'Ruby programmer'.