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The provenance memory model for C

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224 points HexDecOctBin | 5 comments | 30 Jun 25 09:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.419s | source
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jvanderbot ◴[30 Jun 25 12:55 UTC] No.44422693[source]▶
I love Rust, but I miss C. If C can be updated to make it generally socially acceptable for new projects, I'd happily go back for some decent subset of things I do. However, there's a lot of anxiety and even angst around using C in production code.
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1. flohofwoe ◴[30 Jun 25 13:37 UTC] No.44423128[source]▶
> to make it generally socially acceptable for new projects...

Or better yet, don't let 'social pressure' influence your choice of programming language ;)

If your workplace has a clear rule to not use memory-unsafe languages for production code that's a different matter of course. But nothing can stop you from writing C code as a hobby - C99 and later is a very enjoyable and fun language.

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2. xxs ◴[30 Jun 25 13:52 UTC] No.44423284[source]▶
I was about the reply no amount of pressure can tell me how to program. C was totally fine for esp32
3. TimorousBestie ◴[30 Jun 25 14:54 UTC] No.44424118[source]▶
> Or better yet, don't let 'social pressure' influence your choice of programming language ;)

It’s hard. Programming is a social discipline, and the more people who work in a language, the more love it gets.

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4. Y_Y ◴[30 Jun 25 16:08 UTC] No.44424932[source]▶
I don't want to summon WB, but honest-to-god, D is a good middle ground here.
5. spauldo ◴[30 Jun 25 16:29 UTC] No.44425134[source]▶
If you're on UNIX or working in the embedded space, C is still everywhere and gets lots of love. C tends to get lots of libraries anyway because everything can FFI to it.