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0 pointsbapak7mo ago0 comments

Nothing is really needed, C89 was good enough.

Dots are not the same, nobody wants to use chaining like underscore/lodash allowed because it makes dead code elimination impossible.

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pjmlp7mo ago

K&R C was good enough for UNIX System V, why bother with C89.

K&R C was the apex, we've just been going downhill since.

This but unironically.

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0 pointsbapak7mo ago0 comments

Nothing is really needed, C89 was good enough.

Dots are not the same, nobody wants to use chaining like underscore/lodash allowed because it makes dead code elimination impossible.

pjmlp7mo ago

K&R C was good enough for UNIX System V, why bother with C89.

K&R C was the apex, we've just been going downhill since.

This but unironically.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse