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Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by sharikous on Sunday July 09, 2023 @06:23AM (#36653244)
Honestly because I don't want to learn another language.

And because most of the world uses C for low level stuff. You can say that Esperanto is a much better international language than English but what good does it do if nobody speaks it?

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Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by idlewords on Sunday July 09, 2023 @09:41AM (#36654387)
Veering off topic, there is a great rant about why Esperanto is a horrible international language: https://web.archive.org/web/20110515155117/http://www.xibalb...
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Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by Typhon on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @04:18AM (#36677953)
Justin Rye's site is now at http://jbr.me.uk/ (and the espe-ranto at http://jbr.me.uk/ranto/ )
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