News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on C Isn't a Language. Parent comment

Re:C Isn't a Language by pizlonator on Thursday February 05, 2026 @09:18PM (#46908179)
Yes
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:C Isn't a Language by munificent on Thursday February 05, 2026 @09:33PM (#46908301)
Care to share the answer with the rest of the class?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:C Isn't a Language by uecker on Friday February 06, 2026 @01:40AM (#46909836)
I am not sure what Filip's view on this is. But like to point out the article from Stephen Kell linked below which explains why C is an incredibly useful tool for systems programming and what distinguishes it from all other languages.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3133850.3133867

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:C Isn't a Language by rramadass on Sunday February 08, 2026 @01:02AM (#46931719)
That is a nice article!

Thanks for the pointer.

[ Parent | on HN ]