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How many people code in C these days, and if so, why?

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Karel:

--- Quote from: IDEngineer on May 11, 2020, 03:02:31 am ---
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on May 10, 2020, 11:00:19 pm ---Yeah, no kidding...the horse died like 10 pages ago.
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The title asks two questions. My earlier post addressed the first ("How many people code in C these days?"), the answer is it has retaken first place in a popular poll.

As to the second ("Why?"), there's been some postulating and pontificating herein with a few solid reasons scattered here and there.

Most else in this thread has been the usual back-and-forth. But a few of us actually did attempt to address the original questions....

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My impression so far for the answer to "why?" is a combination of (in random order):

- simplicity
- availability
- stability
- portability
- reliability

It just works and gets the job done without any bullshit.

0db:

--- Quote from: nctnico on May 10, 2020, 02:25:20 pm ---my API functions always return -1 (failure)

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+1 -> true
00 -> not boolean
-1 -> false

nice trick!

madires:

--- Quote from: Karel on May 11, 2020, 09:03:53 am ---My impression so far for the answer to "why?" is a combination of (in random order):

- simplicity
- availability
- stability
- portability
- reliability

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- size of executable
- speed of executable

engrguy42:

--- Quote from: intmpe on May 11, 2020, 12:45:58 am ---
Well, don't make dumb shit remarks about R&D vis a vis Universities if you've never been in a both a real industrial research campus doing hardcore research and a University - because if you were around in 90's like I was then you know what you said was garbage. You aren't the only one who has been around the block. I'd go toe to toe with any of the wannabees I've seen on here so far. Looks like a hobbyist playground.


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Uh oh....they're going toe to toe...  :box:

https://media.giphy.com/media/pIwSSY4FUvs0E/giphy.gif

EDIT: Hey wait a minute...how come my gif doesn't show, only a link WTF? Anyway, we REALLY need a Tim Taylor/Home Improvement automatic grunt inserter gif thingy here.

Siwastaja:
engrguy42, you are getting a bit boring. Repeating the joke gets old.

I see you have a mental issue seeing people disagree with each other, but if you have nothing to contribute, you can also stop repeatedly trying to be "funny" which you are failing at. Let the kids adults fight discuss.

If the awkwardness is getting at you, you are free to ignore the thread.

Thank you.

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