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I'm pretty sure the second there is a significantly better alternative that offers the same flexibility and control, plenty of people will jump.

Same for C++.

Assuming everyone else is an idiot leads nowhere worth going.


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ff31702/20/2025

https://ziglang.org/ is a solid future C-replacement, IMHO. There's pretty much no downsides and all upsides from a C hacker's perspective. It just hasn't reached 1.0 yet!

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