On: Will Hare replace C? Or Rust? Or Zig? Or anything ...

[arinlen]

> I think if you want to compete with Rust, C or Zig you want to have a rich standard library.

C's standard library is rather spartan and includes some security issues. What C does have is a) interoperability-friendliness, b) a vast ecosystem.

People should learn lessons from C++'s success and understand how important it is to be able to easily consume C libraries.