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The post is kind of confusing regarding which sort is the "first sort", because they are presented in one order in the provocative thesis, and in the other orde
by jstanley 4y ago
The post is kind of confusing regarding which sort is the "first sort", because they are presented in one order in the provocative thesis, and in the other order in the following paragraphs.
But:
> My perception of the second sort of C programmer is that if they've moved to any more recent mainstream language, it's probably Rust.
If in this context the "second sort" is the type who likes C on its own merits (rather than because they don't have any other choice), I think Zig is a much better option than Rust.
- pyrolistical 4y agoI am the first sort. I mostly like the ideas from C but don’t like the actual implementation. Which is why I’ve moved on to Zig. The author asserting the second sort would have moved on to Rust makes sense. They are ones who are trying to get away from C ideas
- rbatiati 4y agoI've always thought of myself as the second type of C programmer... I only used C if no other option was available (yeah, it was indeed fear!). After I started programming in Zig, I realized I really appreciated all of C's simplicity and (lack of) features, but now in "Zig fearless mode", it makes me feel like I always belonged to the first group.