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Re:Best aspects of C by jjav on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @08:28PM (#25132136)
> Also: String handling, which is responsible for so, so, so many security vulnerabilities.

That's not really a counter-example. Sure the string handling was an unfortunately choice but it is the standard. The standard library must implement it as defined. Being standard-compliant is not lack of polish.

Re:Best aspects of C by aw1621107 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @08:56PM (#25132307)
Depends on what one means by "polished", I suppose. You can have a polished implementation of a not-so-polished specification, and vice versa.