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throwaway27448yesterday at 11:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why are we still discussing c in 2026? Why are you intentionally hamstringing yourself unless you're using fucking hp-ux


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smackeyackytoday at 12:00 AM

Embedded programming is still in C for a lot of micro controllers and whatnot. If you’re programming with limited resources it’s essential to understand pointers and arrays. Likely you won’t be doing anything useful without them