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werdsmith Silver badge

Re: Why are people still writing ordinary C?

C is like a comfortable old jacket. It gives that feeling of actually doing something with the hardware, instead of being totally abstracted from it. It's perfect for hobby/project fun.

Some coding is still done in Assembly.

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