Ask HN: What would you tweak in C to make it a nicer language?

Re:Ask HN: What would you tweak in C to make it a nicer lang... by adamnemecek on Friday August 29, 2014 @12:44AM (#8241162)

Probably a legit macro system.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you tweak in C to make it a nicer lang... by andrewchambers on Friday August 29, 2014 @12:47AM (#8241170)

Any ideas on how it should look? Perhaps there are good examples in non lisp languages which have good systems, though i haven't tried them to know which is good.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you tweak in C to make it a nicer lang... by adamnemecek on Friday August 29, 2014 @12:49AM (#8241174)

I don't have much experience with it but Rust's seems to be pretty good.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you tweak in C to make it a nicer lang... by J_Darnley on Saturday August 30, 2014 @11:46AM (#8246710)

My personal suggestion would be to borrow the nasm/yasm pre-processor. x264 has certainly used it to great effect.

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