> Good C is not simple to write, that's the whole point.
Seriously. It's like we're all riding unicycles on tightropes to get around, and someone invents sidewalks and bridges, and everyone is like, "well if you just learned to ride your unicycle properly and worked tirelessly on your balance, you wouldn't have this problem of 'falling to your death' or 'recklessly endangering other people'".
The reality distortion field around systems programming is strong.
But men, those sidewalks and bridges are expensive ! And all my drivers know the shortcuts on ropes and will have to learn the whole map again if we use the road. Plus our unicycle have wheels shapes for ropes, not side roads, it would take us a lot of time and resource to do that. The whole industry is stuck in that case, and the market has a huge inertia you know.
You just can't use sidewalks and bridges right now instead of ropes. It's just not pragmatic.
Seriously. It's like we're all riding unicycles on tightropes to get around, and someone invents sidewalks and bridges, and everyone is like, "well if you just learned to ride your unicycle properly and worked tirelessly on your balance, you wouldn't have this problem of 'falling to your death' or 'recklessly endangering other people'".
The reality distortion field around systems programming is strong.