Re:C stdlib isn't threadsafe and even safe Rust didn't save us
by josefx on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:54PM
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Welcome to the C standard library, the application of mutable global state to literally everything in it has to be the most consistent and predictable feature of the language standard.
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Re:C stdlib isn't threadsafe and even safe Rust didn't save us
by Sharlin on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:33AM
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I mean, I'm sure it was an okay solution on PDP-11.
Re:C stdlib isn't threadsafe and even safe Rust didn't save us
by liontwist on Thursday January 23, 2025 @07:08AM
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I used to think this was bad too. But when C was designed an entire single threaded program was considered the unit of encapsulation for functionality. Now it’s mostly libraries.
The former allows you to design a coherent system. a lot of design questions which are annoying (“how do I access config data consistently, etc) become very clear.
It also makes C more productive. If global vars and static locals are unbanned, features like closures become less important.