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0 pointsrightbyte3y ago0 comments

> you won't see anyone dreaming of coding C until the end of their working days.

I do dream about that. Just being able to tag along while some programmers learn their Xth framework as a language.

Maybe someday I might concede and move on from C89 to C99.

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Same here. Ive got so much experience and libraries ive written i can marshall. They've been ported across small and large platforms since before github and google. Ive been maintaining them since the 5.25" disk age. New C projects aren't precarious to me. Watching a bunch of architects with no embedded experience try to make C++ happen on microcontrollers in the other hand...

KerrAvon3y ago

If I may ask, what projects do you work on where C89 is still useful? Embedded ROMs for tiny processors in some niche segment?

rightbyteOP3y ago

Ye well Linux is moving from GNU C89 to GNU C11 so maybe it is time for me to move on.

I don't think there is any reason to choose C89 over C11 other than fear of new compiler bugs and compatibility with old compilers?

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