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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (12 children)

Quite frankly I wouldn't recommend learning C these days except for maintaining, there are better languages e.g Rust, Go, Zig, Swift. And the Eu and US are cracking down on unsafe Code including open source.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (6 children)

A-ha, better languages my ass. They may make some specific job easier, but calling them good just because of that - nuh-uh. I would (and actually will) rather spend time learning to properly use C or C++

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I call them better because C leave security holes in everything it touches.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Nothing a Valgrind pass can't solve. A surprisingly number of developers I've met have never heard of this tool, surprisingly, which is probably one of the reasons why people advocate for Rust. Can't really protect against developer ignorance without a strict language.

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