Re:C Isn't a Language
by layer8 on Friday February 06, 2026 @05:52PM
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Of course things could be better. That doesn’t mean that we can just ignore the constraints imposed by the existing software landscape.
It’s not just C. There are a lot of things that could be substantially better in an OS than Linux, for example, or in client-server software and UI frameworks than the web stack. It nevertheless is quite unrealistic to ditch Linux or the web stack for something else. You have to work with what’s there.
It’s not just C. There are a lot of things that could be substantially better in an OS than Linux, for example, or in client-server software and UI frameworks than the web stack. It nevertheless is quite unrealistic to ditch Linux or the web stack for something else. You have to work with what’s there.