alt Hacker News> 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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TimorousBestie • yesterday at 2:54 PM
> 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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xxs • yesterday at 1:52 PM
I was about the reply no amount of pressure can tell me how to program. C was totally fine for esp32
I don't want to summon WB, but honest-to-god, D is a good middle ground here.