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C is one of the most energy saving language (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31184706

C is one of the top languages in terms of speed, memory and energy

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Not sure I understand your comment on multithreading. pthreads are not very hard to use, and you have stuff like OpenMP if you want some abstraction. What about C is not ideal for multithreading?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    It’s that the compiler doesn’t help you with preventing race conditions. This makes some problems so hard to solve in C that C programmers simply stay away from attempting it, because they fear the complexity involved.

    It’s a variation of the same theme: Maybe a C programmer could do it too, given infinite time and skill. But in practice it’s often not feasible.

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