Exploring the Preference for C Programming and Manual Memory Management
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Summary
The article discusses the author's preference for writing software in C despite common criticisms about manual memory management and the perception of it being bug-prone. It highlights the challenges and benefits of dynamic manual memory management in C.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledSeveral dominant memes in the programming world make my position unpopular.
The perception that manual memory management is difficult to do, difficult to do correctly, and thus inherently bug-prone and unstable is common.
Making performant dynamic manual memory management in C feel almost like garbage collection.
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