Show HN: The C3 programming language reaches feature-stabiliy

Re:Show HN: The C3 programming language reaches feature-stab... by fftb1100 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:52PM (#38371671)

Who wants C! I can’t stand C. I didn’t understand system programming until Zig, which is way superior imho. C is old and bad and the syntax is not intuitive.

Ok, so old folks still use C, but we have come a long way since the seventies gramps!

Why would anyone do a C clone?? This is not worth even looking at, a waste of people’s time.

Try Zig instead or maybe Rust (I haven’t tried it)

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Re:Show HN: The C3 programming language reaches feature-stab... by OdnetninI on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @03:51AM (#38376734)

C is still an industry standard in so many fields. I can guaratee you that C is not dying soon.

Also C3 is not a clone of C, it is an evolution, where the syntax is kept similar.

Saying that the syntax is not intuitive is a subjective topic, a lot of people (myself included) find C syntax much more intuitive than newer languages.

About Zig, I haven't tested it yet, but I want to experiment with it when I have time. And about Rust, I tried it, and, at least to me, it is even more confusing.

Anyway, I like to encourage people to try different languages, even if you go back to a classic or a newer one, the experience obtained thinking different for the problems, or even developing the language to tackle those problems is invaluable.

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