DevC - Linus Torvalds "Nothing better than C"

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what is great about C?

• - the simplicity of the compiler that just run’s anywhere
  • still THE most resource efficient language
    • with C the user does not have to buy a new computer every 3 years, because of updates slowing down the system so much it become inefficient
  • still THE language that can speak best to hardware
  • the syntax can be called ugly sometimes, but not as ugly as C++ X-D

everyone understands what this does:

cat boolstd.c
#include 
#include 

int main(void) {
    // set to true
    bool b1 = 1;

    // this is correct, it will print
    if(b1)
    {
        printf("Bool b1 is true \n");
    }

    // set to false
    _Bool b2 = 2;

    // this is false, will not print
    if(b2 == false)
    {
        printf("Bool b2 is false \n");
    }

    // requires 
    bool b3 = true;

    // this is correct, it will print
    if(b3 == true)
    {
        printf("Bool b3 is true \n");
    }

    // requires 
    bool b4 = false;

    if(b4 == false)
    {
        printf("Bool b4 is false \n");
    }
}

the problems of C:

• security problems need to be adressed (all those buffer over- and underruns)

… security/safety plus multi core computing is what RUST tries to adress

RUST the safer C/C++?

https://dwaves.de/2019/08/17/rust-most-loved-programming-language-ever-c-with-safety-new-programming-language-from-mozilla-for-mozilla-and-safety-now-also-with-step-debugging/

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Originally posted at: https://dwaves.de/2021/08/19/devc-linus-torvalds-nothing-better-than-c/