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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C? (2017) by nicoburns on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @02:16PM (#16586995)
You can't do that with C code either unless your project is in C (or C++?).
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Re:Why Is SQLite Coded in C? (2017) by jeffreyrogers on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:30AM (#16593124)
Sure, but for many embedded systems you have to use C. Plus C interoperates well with every other mainstream language. Every platform supports C, so by writing it in C you can support every platform (with very few caveats).
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