Gist of C language problems: pure hacking mentality (2026)
By Xah Lee. Date: .
gist of C language problems
- here's the gist of C language problems.
- unix and c are basically pure hacking mentality.
- they dont care about design, architecture, extensibility, ease of use, etc.
- the ONLY thing they care, is that is works, right now (not next year), and is FAST.
- for every programing lang design issue or trade off, think about the above, and you see C's take.