What if we tried designing C a second time?

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Isn't that what Rust is?
- no.
C: What if you used emojis for pointer (*) and deref (&) signs?
I guess that's why I enjoyed working with Go so much.
- 100% serious, because my next job uses Go - Why? Everything is painful and takes way more code than it should.
  
  Its compiler is very fast, the libraries are great, importing new packages is easy and straightforward, HTTP libraries and frameworks are some of the best I've worked with.
  
  Compared to Java or C#, there really isn't that much boilerplate.
c--: what if we wanted c to be worse?
Yep! just call it HLA (Hi Level Assembler) or ++Sea or?

Just wot we need another language ;)
SQL?
What would the Swift entry say if there was one?
- "What if we pretend people trust Apple?"
God, I haven't worked with Tcl for a while. Really don't miss it.
go is more like simpler C, zig (will be (hopefully)) more like better C
make is inevitable, because everything is a dependency.

There is no wisdom, no truth, only endless dependencies. /s

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