See also Walter Bright's 2009 article C's Biggest Mistake, on this topic. https://www.digitalmars.com/articles/C-biggest-mistake.html https://www.digitalmars.c

See also Walter Bright's 2009 article C's Biggest Mistake, on this topic. https://www.digitalmars.com/articles/C-biggest-mistake.html https://www.digitalmars.com/articles/C-biggest-mistake.html Recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40392371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40392371 Discussion thread about the article, 10 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36564535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36564535