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pjmlp
on March 30, 2013
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Of Lisp Macros and Washing Machines (2011)
What dynamic nature does C have that every other systems programming language in the world lacks?
hp50g
on March 31, 2013
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dynamic loading, arbitrary casts (it is what I tell you it is) etc etc.
pjmlp
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I can do that in Ada, Turbo Pascal, Delphi, Modula-2, Oberon, Oberon-2, Component Pascal, Active Oberon, Modula-3, Cyclon and many others, what is so special about C?
hp50g
on March 31, 2013
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It's not Ada or Pascal-like :)
pjmlp
on April 1, 2013
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You mean easy to write security exploits?
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