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C isn't a bad language per-se, it just doesn't have an opinion on most things and I think that's exactly the reason why it survived many higher level (and more
by flohofwoe 11mo ago
C isn't a bad language per-se, it just doesn't have an opinion on most things and I think that's exactly the reason why it survived many higher level (and more opinionated) languages that also already existed when C was created.
- uecker 11mo agoThis is exactly right. The trend is towards comprehensive programming frameworks for convenient programming with batteries included. I hope this trend dies and we focus more on integration into the overall ecosystem again.