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Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by pjmlp on Monday July 10, 2023 @09:53AM (#36666453)
I wasn't the one making an universal truth out of it.

"Their libraries are written in/for C"

Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by falcrist on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:22AM (#36667752)
The statement you quoted is true of both of the examples you gave.

Also, you've deliberately chosen a specific interpretation of my statement in order to manufacture an argument that doesn't exist. You should probably avoid doing that in the future.

Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by pjmlp on Monday July 10, 2023 @12:23PM (#36668610)
It is not, because they use C++.

I avoid whatever I feel like.

Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by falcrist on Monday July 10, 2023 @01:57PM (#36670313)
Atmel and Xtensa have libraries in C.

It's almost like I have some domain knowledge that you don't. Imagine coming in here with examples that aren't even microcontrollers as if that "debunks" what I said above. Like somehow magically I can just switch to a whole different platform. No problem, just crank out a new board spin and swap my whole toolchain over so I can... what... use a non-standard version of C in the arduino IDE for production code? If you think THAT'S a viable option, you've lost your mind.

Why continue to double down when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about?

> I avoid whatever I feel like.

You should "feel like" avoiding inventing arguments that hinge on misinterpretations of other people's statements. The fact that you don't makes you a problem.

Meanwhile, I can't avoid C even if I "feel like it"... because I write code for microcontrollers... which have libraries that are written in and for C.

Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by pjmlp on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:33PM (#36670945)
"1. Yes they are microcontrollers.

2. Yes they use C/C++"

So how it is?

Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by falcrist on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:45PM (#36671110)
The things you mentioned aren't both microcontrollers, and they use C.

Why continue to double down when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about?

Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by pjmlp on Monday July 10, 2023 @05:27PM (#36673208)
So are you taking back the original answer?

Those are not my words.

Re:“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success” – Dennis R... by falcrist on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:43AM (#36680191)
No.

The things you mentioned aren't both microcontrollers, and they use C.

Why continue to double down when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about?