The cost of forsaking C

Re:The cost of forsaking C by dragonwriter on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @01:00PM (#12645625)

> Python let's you get stuff done fast, but it's almost more dangerous than C in some respects. Without a compiler, you run the risk of deploying code that will not run

C code that compiles can and does blow up at runtime.

There are languages whose type systems do go a long way toward minimizing the risk of this happening, but C is not really one of them.

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Re:The cost of forsaking C by bluejekyll on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @05:01PM (#12647840)

I completely agree. C sucks at runtime. I was trying to point out that Python sucks at runtime too.

I personally wouldn't choose either language for a new project.

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