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Time to make C the COBOL of this century
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this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2025
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It’s great that there are new languages coming along that strike a balance between performance and safety. However, there’s always going to be a need for unsafe, low-level code. I work in semiconductors and occasionally have to write firmware and drivers for our devices. There’s no avoiding C in those environments.
Unsafe rust has proven that it can be an effective alternative here, ideal especially when the consumers are also rust.
Chicken and egg problem strikes again