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> why C was used in the modern day

  /* TinyWM is written by Nick Welch <mack@incise.org>, 2005.
   *
   * This software is in the public domain
   * and is provided AS IS, with NO WARRANTY. \*/
> we (all?) know that C is a language that _should not_ be used for demoing because less experienced devs will think they can use C too and continue to create dangerous code

That seems rather patronizing.

I have no great love for C; it has sharp edges for sure, but it can be used just fine for a great many things even today. I've written a bunch of C programs because it's simple, straight-forward, "just works" (mostly), and I'm not writing OpenSSL or a network daemon so if I have an occasional buffer overflow it's not even a big deal.



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