Re:Getting Past C
by jstimpfle on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @12:31PM
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I'm not advocating use of C, just pointing out a simpler way to check dependencies.
To answer your question though, the advantage of using C is certainly not the notorious bad-habits standard library. C is fun and productive exactly where there's just you and some bits and bytes to bang around. Coding in the small. Not platforms and architectures.
Re:Getting Past C
by kazinator on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @05:21PM
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You can easily access external symbols in C without including a header. The external refs in an object file are the accurate info about what is referenced.
To answer your question though, the advantage of using C is certainly not the notorious bad-habits standard library. C is fun and productive exactly where there's just you and some bits and bytes to bang around. Coding in the small. Not platforms and architectures.