Re:C and C++ Prioritize Performance over Correctness
by overgard on Friday August 18, 2023 @03:57PM
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The sheer amount of software that you're likely using right now that's written in C would seem to contradict your claim.
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Re:C and C++ Prioritize Performance over Correctness
by SubjectToChange on Friday August 18, 2023 @05:13PM
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The market share of C in desktop, server, and other "enterprise" applications has drastically dropped since the 90s. Nowadays it's quite rare to see C chosen for new projects where it isn't required. In fact, despite of how pervasive it is, a huge amount of C code cannot be built on a pure C toolchain, i.e. C is essentially like Fortran.