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The C committee's big problem is being too conservative. But you don't hear too many complaints because people just use C++.
by nicoburns 2y ago
The C committee's big problem is being too conservative. But you don't hear too many complaints because people just use C++.
- flohofwoe 2y agoI think the reason is more that the goals of the C committee align better with the goals of C programmers (which is a language that's a tool and not a playground for language designers). Unlike C++, C also remained a simple language (which is definitely a side effect of the "conservatism" of the C committee).
- edflsafoiewq 2y agoThat's what he means; like the puddle which marvelously fits its own hole, anyone for whom C in all of its aspects is not very close to optimal has long ago moved to another language.
- rightbyte 2y agoWait what? C's greatest strength IMO is that it hardly change at all. The mental overload of some small things added every 10th year and in use 20 years later is how I like it.
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoAmen. If you crave excitement, there's Rust and Go. (And I say that in the vein of "may you live in exciting times". ;D) Oh, and there's D if you want to immersively roleplay like you're in an alternate timeline, like Infinite Jest or something.