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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 inste

by 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.