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Re:Show HN: The C3 programming language (C alternative langu... by djmips on Saturday April 05, 2025 @04:54AM (#43591999)
I find it useful in lower powered systems without floating point hardware. It may be a feature whose time has passed but it still seems like there's both a case for it and probably an elegant design waiting.

Imagine using it on a 6809 system for example. :)

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Re:Show HN: The C3 programming language (C alternative langu... by lerno on Saturday April 05, 2025 @08:37AM (#43592962)
You could still do it as a userland feature and implement add/sub/mult/div as methods on the type.
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Re:Show HN: The C3 programming language (C alternative langu... by djmips on Saturday April 05, 2025 @02:05PM (#43595317)
That never works as well as having it built into the compiler.
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Re:Show HN: The C3 programming language (C alternative langu... by Joshringuk on Saturday April 05, 2025 @08:49PM (#43598047)
You can define your own "built-ins" types and functions(!) so that should make it indistinguishable.

You can also extend the standard Library from inside your own project, modules are open for extension

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Re:Show HN: The C3 programming language (C alternative langu... by lerno on Sunday April 06, 2025 @06:37PM (#43605569)
Well, you're free to revive this issue: https://github.com/c3lang/c3c/issues/1451. I'd need a more solid proposal.
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