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Re:How to Write Portable C Without Complicating Your Build by flohofwoe on Friday March 31, 2017 @04:26AM (#14001998)
C is the Lingua Franca, all other languages can easily link to it. It is the most portable language, doesn't introduce hidden runtime overhead, and it is a very simple language. As long as CPUs are around, C will be around too (whether this will also be true for C++ is quite another question).
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Re:How to Write Portable C Without Complicating Your Build by logicallee on Friday March 31, 2017 @09:47AM (#14003700)
>doesn't introduce hidden runtime overhead

Or protection.

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