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[–] -3 points 1 year ago (4 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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++

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    So, not the programmers do this, lol?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Agreed, I only found one of these with the C book in it. I think it would make much more sense with the Rust book.

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