“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success”

Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by mhaberl on Sunday July 09, 2023 @07:12AM (#36653511)

There are a few reasons:

    The Lindy effect.
    You can run C code from anywhere.
    There are places where it is much easier and better to run C code than anything else.

All of these are related to how long C has been around. I think that's also the reason why we use JavaScript extensively.

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