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Re:Why I Write Games in C (yes, C) by inimino on Saturday September 21, 2019 @06:53PM (#21038398)
Why pick a language that has a feature you need to immediately turn off? Some people probably want to, but ... why?
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Re:Why I Write Games in C (yes, C) by vnorilo on Saturday September 21, 2019 @10:47PM (#21039322)
Many programmers are very emotional about their language of choice, especially if it is their only one.
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Re:Why I Write Games in C (yes, C) by fileeditview on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:48AM (#21040177)
I guess you use every feature (insert any language here) offers for every program you write with it?

The answer to your question is probably: because they like the language, are productive in it, know the libraries and the feature can be turned off so it's an option.

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Re:Why I Write Games in C (yes, C) by inimino on Monday September 23, 2019 @12:18AM (#21045883)
If I consistently don't use all the features, I pretty quickly start looking at simpler languages.
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