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Re:Goodbye C++, Hello C by jart on Saturday June 26, 2021 @05:34AM (#27640475)
Or use traditional C. The x86_64 System V ABI is well defined enough that I'm honestly not sure why we need prototypes. All we need is a compiler that authorizes us to use an ILP64 data model. Then we'll be able to write C the way it was intended to be written without the quadratic header complexity. C++ showed us where that path leads and I truly hope modules happen but it's about as likely as my hopes of restoring the good parts of K&R C.
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Re:Goodbye C++, Hello C by pjmlp on Sunday June 27, 2021 @03:30AM (#27649429)
C was already a pre-historic language in 1992, why should I bother with it in 2021, unless I must do so for business reasons?

It is the COBOL of systems programming languages and must be dealt exaclty on the same terms.

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