3 ms·

History says otherwise: C was so successful it is still widely used.

• xigoi 3y ago
  Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's good. Tobacco smoking is also popular.
  • coliveira 3y ago
    Some of the best software we have to date was written in C. If you like it or not, it is a magnificent tool.
    • xigoi 3y ago
      It would still be good if it was written in a different language. Probably even better because the developers would have more time to improve the software instead of reinventing wheels, writing boilerplate code and chasing down segfaults.
      • coliveira 3y ago
        > It would still be good if it was written in a different language. But it wasn't, C made all these software tools possible.
        • IshKebab 3y ago
          No it didn't. C happened to be the most popular language for a long time but that doesn't mean people couldn't have written software without it, or that if it hasn't been so popular a better language wouldn't have arisen. English is very popular but you wouldn't say "English is what made all those books possible" would you?
          • coliveira 3y ago
            Yes it did and continues making it possible. Several of the largest codebases in the world are written in C.
            • IshKebab 3y ago
              To reiterate, C didn't make it possible to write those codebases just because they happen to be written in C.
              • coliveira 3y ago
                Yes, it did. Just check how they created UNIX.