On: Ask HN: Learning C

[Daniel_Newby]

You're right that C's lack of namespaces makes for funky names. However, note that "static" functions are visible only within their compilation unit, which can bring some order to the madness.

[baguasquirrel → Daniel_Newby]

Yes, exactly. And yet people continued to use the unhelpful, oblique prefixes and suffixes they used for global symbols nonetheless.