Use Big 5 + HKSCS then, remove kebabs and poo-in-loos
The Real Computer Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet
Jacob Rogers
Aiden Thompson
No one is forcing you to use C. In fact, most documentation for Windows and Mac API's completely ignore C bindings in favor of .NET and Swift. If you want to use something else, go ahead.
Justin Flores
0s and 1s will work even in Monarchy
Zachary Wright
Note that he was specifically asking about the OS, not what you "can" use to write some software with.
Personally, I don't write anything new in C, and typically only modify existing C code for my needs (or to fix some bugs). On Unix, I normally just use Perl instead, since it can leverage most of the system and library stuff. But Perl itself is in C, and so are many of its modules, and the same probably also holds true for Ruby, Python, etc. So in the end, you're using C one way or another on modern systems.
Bentley Hughes
If you are talking about scripting languages, then whatever the interpreter is written in is what you are using. I don't see how it's difficult to understand that regardless of whatever high-level language you use, everything is ultimately binary instructions and data.
Nicholas Lewis
You do realise Zig Forums is "Zig Forums the imageboard" right? We own this place
Hudson Rodriguez
Well that doesn't sound right. If I was using C, then I'd have to deal myself with undefined behavior cases and its nefarious string handling. I use Perl to avoid that hassle (and also of course because I don't want to write a main function and explicitely do #include's for every single one-liner).
Yes, everything does come down to binary instructions in the end. But when your tools are in C, you those tools can exhibit undesired side-effects to a greater extent than if the same tools were written in Ada or even Pascal. The C problems will exist so long as the foundations (OS itself, compilers, runtimes, libraries) are writen in that language.
Isaac Lewis
If you want to use a different programming language, have at it. However, I don't mind taking the extra time to allocate/free my memory and handle my strings appropriately. It's a challenge in my opinion when I have to fix bugs, a challenge which I know makes me a better programmer than I was before. I have no problems with Perl. That syntax looks difficult to master, but I don't see a pressing need for myself to learn something like that right now.
The problem is the handful of posters coming on here with their insisting demands that everyone defame and stop using C because they don't like it. That's tough nuts. They can take that back to their hugbox and instead let people have real discussions here.
Jose Kelly
You have C stockholm syndrome, much like I did. Give FreePascal a chance and free yourself.
Charles Green
No thanks. I am learning C because I want to learn C and enjoy learning C. I don't have time to run through another language. Besides, it's insulting to dismiss my reasons for prefering C to pitch something that is inconsequential.