I like to think that I'm rather neutral, since I'm neither pro-C or against-C.
But from a rather philosophical point of view, C is basically Portability 1.0, it was one of the first truly portable "fast" languages. I'd like to think that we could do better than C with 40 years or CS research and industry experience.
Of course, there's the whole second-system syndrome so it's a wicked problem :)
> that X or Y new language completely avoids C pitfalls
Yeah, you don't even need a new, hip language to avoid C's pitfalls.
> Portability does not equal 'without blemishes'. It simply means that when compiled across platforms it will perform as expected.
By that measure, C is not portable, since it will behave differently across multiple platforms – or multiple compilers, multiple compiler versions, even multiple optimization settings.
Re:How I implemented my own crypto
by fundabulousrIII on Thursday August 03, 2017 @10:09AM
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Selection and context are _so_ important, don't you think?
The quotes I selected do not change the context, nor do they feign a different context. Unfortunately, since you replied with nothing but a snarky comment, I do not know in what way you think I misrepresented your arguments.
Portability does not equal 'without blemishes'. It simply means that when compiled across platforms it will perform as expected.