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C doesn't make you dependent on constant Internet connectivity, charge a monthly subscription, or expose you to lawsuits from powerful companies claiming copyri
by AndyKelley 10mo ago
C doesn't make you dependent on constant Internet connectivity, charge a monthly subscription, or expose you to lawsuits from powerful companies claiming copyright over your work.
IDEs don't make you dependent on constant Internet connectivity, charge a monthly subscription, or expose you to lawsuits from powerful companies claiming copyright over your work.
Intellisense/autocomplete doesn't make you dependent on constant Internet connectivity, charge a monthly subscription, or expose you to lawsuits from powerful companies claiming copyright over your work.
- mjr00 10mo agoI get what you're saying but let's be real: 99.99999% of modern software development is done with constant internet connectivity and is effectively impossible without it. Whether that's pulling external packages or just looking up the name of an API in the standard library. Yeah, you could grep docs, or have a shelf full of "The C++ Programming Language Reference" books like we did in the 90s, but c'mon. I have some friends in the defense industry who have to develop on machines without public internet access. You know what they all do? Have a second machine set up next to them which does have internet access.
- AndyKelley 10mo ago99.99999% of modern software is crap that I don't want to be forced or even peer pressured into using
- dllthomas 10mo ago> IDEs don't make you dependent on constant Internet connectivity, charge a monthly subscription, Sometimes they do! But not in general, yes.