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692 points rudedogg | 6 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.39s | source | bottom
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charlie90 ◴[17 Nov 25 01:28 UTC] No.45950098[source]▶
>Learning Zig is not just about adding a language to your resume. It is about fundamentally changing how you think about software.

Zig is just C with a marketing push. Most developers already know C.

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dcre ◴[17 Nov 25 01:49 UTC] No.45950188[source]▶
I suspect most developers do not know C.
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1. downrightmike ◴[17 Nov 25 03:13 UTC] No.45950568[source]▶
C is fine C++ is where they jumped the shark
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2. bnolsen ◴[17 Nov 25 03:56 UTC] No.45950730[source]▶
C++ explored a lot of ideas that some modern languages borrowed. C++ just had to haul along all the cruft it inherited and built up.
3. jeltz ◴[17 Nov 25 04:31 UTC] No.45950860[source]▶
No, C is not fine. It is a really bad language that I unfortunately have to code professionally.
4. MyOutfitIsVague ◴[17 Nov 25 04:40 UTC] No.45950891[source]▶
C++ is far better than C in very many ways. It's also far worse than C in very many other ways. Given a choice between the two, I'd still choose C++ every day just for RAII. There's only so much that we can blame programmers for memory leaks, use-after-free, buffer overflows, and other things that are still common in new C code. At some point, it is the language itself that is unsuitable and insufficient.
5. cowsandmilk ◴[17 Nov 25 10:40 UTC] No.45952424[source]▶
I’m not sure what that has to do with the comment you’re replying to…
6. pjmlp ◴[17 Nov 25 10:56 UTC] No.45952507[source]▶
Until WG14 ackwnowledges the safety holes in C, isn't fine at all, it should be nuked.