I've recently been doing a little bit of C hacking on a small app with a web based interface. I've missed the higher level collections and I/O facilities, but

I've recently been doing a little bit of C hacking on a small app with a web based interface. I've missed the higher level collections and I/O facilities, but some parts of the experience have been really refreshing. There are mature tools, the softwawre builds in no time at all, and it's been easy to make it fast to both run and startup. Dropping down to C has taken an attitude adjustement, and a willingness to drop certain kinds of features, but it's really been quite refreshing.