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Why C is still Relevant

Truly a System Language from the inside-out

  • Only language that is supported via a FFI from all other programming language
  • Only language that is supported first for on moderm processors. In fact most modern processors have customer pointer and add instructions that are designed to accelerated C generated code.
  • Only language that makes no assumption so that everything else can use it. So, no assumptions on GC, platform specific calling convention, no assumptions on default types / or even integer sizes.