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What's To Love About C?

Posted by samzenpus on from the favorite-tool-in-the-box dept.

First time accepted submitter edA-qa writes "Antiquated, clunky, and unsafe. Though beloved to some, C is a language that many choose to hate. The mass opinion is indeed so negative it's hard to believe that anybody would program anything in C. Yet they do. In fact a lot of things, even new things, are programmed in C. The standard was recently updated and the tools continue to evolve. While many are quick to dismiss the language it is in no danger of disappearing."

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  1. Re:Good habits by lwriemen · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow! There's an apologist answer if I ever heard one. I have been an embedded programmer for 20 years, and there is no question that C is too hard.