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[–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

yeah... yikes. c is a beautiful language but thing like these are why macros may be it's largest blemish. hope that codebase doesn't keep planes flying!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    For all its faults, I think what makes C beautiful is that it gives you complete freedom do be an absolute idiot.

    Whenever I decide to hack something together with an arcane macro, I feel like an animal being released back into the wild, with the (pre-)compiler yelling "Be free! Explore the mysteries of our incomprehensible world!"

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