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I've been writing a large app in C again after a few years away. Originally wrote the app in C++ then again in Python and now in straight C. I enjoy the faster compile times of C (over C++) and the better type checking of C (over Python).

However, when I'm carefully using C++, I don't have to fiddle around with memory management and still get fast performance and better type checking.

Yesterday I wrote a Python script to generate C code test cases. String manipulation in Python is very easy.

The right tool for the right job, I suppose.

parent linuxlizard 6 years ago

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