alt Hacker NewsSpeaking for myself, I am never hired because I know C or C++, rather specific managed languages, however if there is the need to look under the runtime hood, or have bindings, like most Python libraries actually are, then suddenly it is welcome that I know C and C++ versus most folks on the team.
> suddenly it is welcome that I know C and C++ versus most folks on the team.
Yeah I know the feeling. But you don’t need Fil-C to learn C.
That said, with a GC, you could make some great tools & visualisations for learning C and understanding the memory layout of a running C program. That would be cool to see