Why programming language C is increasing in popularity

[cguy]

Basically: erlang powers the internet.

Sure. While running on OS’s written in C, with drivers written in C on top of an interpreter/JITer written in C.

 

[Hamster]

Sure. While running on OS’s written in C, with drivers written in C on top of an interpreter/JITer written in C.

Hate to break it to you guys, and I feel dirty for saying it, but the internet is empty without PHP.

 

[Genisys]

Hate to break it to you guys, and I feel dirty for saying it, but the internet is empty without PHP.

That level of profanity is allowed on this forum now? Disgusting.

/spits

 

[zippy]

Bs that language “x” is “soul destroying”

These make any programming language “soul destroying”:
1. Bad business specs
2. Terrible tech leads
3. Hiring of stupid developers
4. Lousy source control
5. IT leadership that doesn’t know when to stand up against ridiculous business requests.
6. Social media spewing crap about “soul destroying” language



Teams can achieve a lot with any programming language given the right resources and competent management.

 

[Genisys]

Bs that language “x” is “soul destroying”

These make any programming language “soul destroying”:
1. Bad business specs
2. Terrible tech leads
3. Hiring of stupid developers
4. Lousy source control
5. IT leadership that doesn’t know when to stand up against ridiculous business requests.
6. Social media spewing crap about “soul destroying” language



Teams can achieve a lot with any programming language given the right resources and competent management.

That is the best way to see it, no doubt. We will still see people preferring one language over another, and that is fine. However there is a lot of people that will rather try t push their agenda than to help the industry in general. Every language has its pros and cons, this we know. Every methodology has its pros and cons, and the same goes for every management style. Some languages isn't appropriate for certain tasks, doesn't mean using it for that task is impossible, just means that you are better off using another "more suited" language for a specific task. To me it doesn't matter what language needs to be used, I might specialize in two languages but I can adapt and learn a new language and adapt my skills. Only sticking to one language is a career limiting move. Most companies are looking for full stack devs for a reason.

 

[cguy]

Bs that language “x” is “soul destroying”

These make any programming language “soul destroying”:
1. Bad business specs
2. Terrible tech leads
3. Hiring of stupid developers
4. Lousy source control
5. IT leadership that doesn’t know when to stand up against ridiculous business requests.
6. Social media spewing crap about “soul destroying” language



Teams can achieve a lot with any programming language given the right resources and competent management.

Agreed.

Except for Perl. Perl is legit designed to destroy souls. It’s in the language specs.

 

[Hamster]

Bs that language “x” is “soul destroying”

These make any programming language “soul destroying”:
1. Bad business specs
2. Terrible tech leads
3. Hiring of stupid developers
4. Lousy source control
5. IT leadership that doesn’t know when to stand up against ridiculous business requests.
6. Social media spewing crap about “soul destroying” language



Teams can achieve a lot with any programming language given the right resources and competent management.

No, lousy boring languages make a language soul destroying. Job satisfaction issues is a different thread.


Nobody gets excited and giddy about writing Java or C#. Nobody.

 

[Swa]

Bs that language “x” is “soul destroying”

These make any programming language “soul destroying”:
1. Bad business specs
2. Terrible tech leads
3. Hiring of stupid developers
4. Lousy source control
5. IT leadership that doesn’t know when to stand up against ridiculous business requests.
6. Social media spewing crap about “soul destroying” language



Teams can achieve a lot with any programming language given the right resources and competent management.

Agreed. Everyone rags on their experience with Pascal but a lot of libraries in use were written in Pascal/Delphi.

 

[^^vampire^^]

You've got me wrong. Go is great for certain things, Java is great at killing your soul in all things and you should bow down to your Python overlords.

Currently I'm on a C# project .... nearly as soul destroying as Java.

I've always done C# commercially and quite like it. I do agree with the java part and I'll tell you why. There are 2 things for me that make or break a language: the tools available and the cohesiveness of the language. Ever since being forced to do java in university it was very hard to find a good tool/IDE for coding java and when these eventually did come about then it just highlighted how bad it is to code java as a language. I know all languages have their pros and cons and I'm sure I'm biased against java but since I first came across java 16 years ago all the way up until recently trying some things with it, it has still been a terrible experience that I don't enjoy.

I always did enjoy the following statement about java too: "saying java is great because it works across multiple platforms is like saying anal sex is great because it works across both genders."