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Re:Ask HN: What one change in C would make it a better langu... by mikewarot on Thursday July 27, 2023 @01:10PM (#36896743)
It's not just one, but a short list

  get rid of Macros
  adopt Pascal style pointer references...   @ is an address,   p^ is what p points to
  adopt some form of counted strings, with a null on the end for compatibility
  adopt Pascal style cast statements, with each path being exclusive (default break)
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