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Re:Ask HN: How do I learn C properly? by bronipstid on Sunday March 08, 2020 @04:26PM (#22520377)
It depends on what you're doing. Low level stuff pretty much has to be C. But for applications I agree there are much better alternatives these days.
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Re:Ask HN: How do I learn C properly? by PureParadigm on Sunday March 08, 2020 @04:42PM (#22520469)
Yeah, there may be some situations where C is necessary as a wrapper for assembly if you're _extremely_ memory constrained or something like that. But I wouldn't have any confidence in it working as intended unless it's dead simple.
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