Flutterby™! : The Endurance of an Unmanageable Language

Some were meant for C — The Endurance of an Unmanageable Language

For true “systems” programming (as I will define), C’s benefits are of another kind. Again, performance is not the issue; I will argue that communication is what defines system-building, and that C’s design, particularly its use of memory and explicit representations, embodies a “first-class” approach to communication which is lacking in existing “safe” languages

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