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Evolution of C (programming.dev)
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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Anything that is drop-in replacement for C (or C++ for that matter) is going to be awful because of the same compatibility burden, imo

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    D is a mostly drop-in replacement (type renaming and such needed though), and it doesn't have that issue. D even has a mode called BetterC, where the D standard library and the garbage collector is left out.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    What about Zig?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Oh boy, Zig is just uglier C++ with memory safety, and it still has those awful header files...

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    IIRC it's garbage collected, so really it's just a version of Java.

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