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Ask HN: Are there many C developers here?

12•Forgret•5mo ago

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sim7c00•5mo ago
very likely. what is the objective of your question?
Forgret•5mo ago
I see that there are a lot of posts about frontend, AI, and other programming languages, especially Rust, so I wanted to know if there are still active C programmers here and what they might be doing right now?
DamonHD•5mo ago
C (and C++) when needed.
LouDNL•5mo ago
As a hobby more C and embedded C then C++, but yeah! Clojure day job.
jleyank•5mo ago
While it’s not sexy, I suspect there’s still a whole lot of silicon being melted using C, C++ and whatever Fortran is called now. Lots of simulations are accessible now and much of the calculation logic can be parallelized.

Remember, if you manage to get a drug to market 3 months earlier, you can make billions. And if you get a hit on something like Alzheimer’s, you’ll need 64-bit to count that high. Ozempic distorted the Danish economy and it’s passed by follow-ons.

khedoros1•5mo ago
C++ mostly, but parts of the codebase are in C, and I have to dip into it now and then. I'm certainly more comfortable in C than in webdev or Rust (although I wouldn't mind picking up some Rust).
beardyw•5mo ago
There is a surprising depth of knowledge on a lot of subjects on HN, C included.
iExploder•5mo ago
Not many, but there are some who remain I would say. C and C++ is not going anywhere in embedded. No need too press F just yet.
Forgret•5mo ago
I'm afraid that Rust will replace C/C++ in everything.
cpach•5mo ago
In theory it could happen, but even so it would take years. There’s just so much C code out there. Stuff like Linux, Nginx, Apache, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, QEMU, etc etc.
ActorNightly•5mo ago
Absolutely not.

C has the advantage of being an extremely small language in terms of syntax, which means its incredibly easy to port it to any architecture. Whenever you build a chip and want to program it, writing an LLVM backend for it with optimizations is almost trivial (assuming you understand the core concepts).

Rust has a lot more things to consider in the compiler, which leads to slow adoption, and also its more cumbersome to program in.

bjourne•5mo ago
None
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