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joelg236 · 4133 days ago · link · · parent · post: Follow up to "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of C"

It's written at such a low level that only a radically new idea on how to compile code could make it more efficient. *well, at least noticeably more efficient.

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wildptr · 4132 days ago · link ·

Also note that giving the programmer control over memory allocation speeds up things if you're good at it.

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user-inactivated · 4132 days ago · link ·

aren't there other languages with manual memory management?

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wildptr · 4132 days ago · link ·

Of course, but C has a big following behind it that won't go away without a fight. C won't disappear any time soon. Of course, that's just me being a pessimist.

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briandmyers · 4132 days ago · link ·

There's nothing wrong with using the right tool for the right job. C will live a long long time, because you don't need more than C to do whatever you need to do, on an embedded processor. For other work, PC and browser apps, whatever, other languages do better. Personally, I like what I've seen of python; but C is my bread and butter, because it does all I need it to do, and very well.