The issue seems to be the C++ committee, never heard anyone complain about C's c...

nicoburns · 2024-05-25T19:30:43 1716665443

The C committee's big problem is being too conservative. But you don't hear too many complaints because people just use C++.

flohofwoe · 2024-05-25T19:33:34 1716665614

I think the reason is more that the goals of the C committee align better with the goals of C programmers (which is a language that's a tool and not a playground for language designers).

Unlike C++, C also remained a simple language (which is definitely a side effect of the "conservatism" of the C committee).

edflsafoiewq · 2024-05-25T19:54:01 1716666841

That's what he means; like the puddle which marvelously fits its own hole, anyone for whom C in all of its aspects is not very close to optimal has long ago moved to another language.

rightbyte · 2024-05-25T19:55:37 1716666937

Wait what? C's greatest strength IMO is that it hardly change at all.

The mental overload of some small things added every 10th year and in use 20 years later is how I like it.

shrimp_emoji · 2024-05-26T21:17:48 1716758268

Amen.

If you crave excitement, there's Rust and Go. (And I say that in the vein of "may you live in exciting times". ;D)

Oh, and there's D if you want to immersively roleplay like you're in an alternate timeline, like Infinite Jest or something.

pjmlp · 2024-05-25T20:25:56 1716668756

Go check the complaints on anything past C11, or how after 50 years WG14 keeps ignoring security issues.