Dash: A side project to learn how to make a programming language in C

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I gave up on C few years ago but seems like its time to pick it back up

Why did you give up?

Speaking from my own experience, unless you're working closely to hardware, there just isn't much of a use for it.

The first reaction in my mind was "oh, Yet Another Dash Something", after the API reference utility [1], the app [2], the button [3], the web course [4], the other app [5], the dashboard toolkit [6], and of course the washing powder [7].

Honestly guys, I'm not the sort of person who loves moustache-sounding project names, but a little bit of imagination is called for.

[1] https://kapeli.com/dash

[2] http://paywithdash.com/

[3] https://fresh.amazon.com/dash/

[4] https://dash.generalassemb.ly/

[5] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dash-smarter-driving-every/i...

[6] https://www.thedash.com/

[7] http://www.dash-wash.com/

Don't forget bash replacement

https://packages.debian.org/stable/dash

...and in HR: "oh, he is experienced in `Dash'"

There's also "The Dash" which is an earphone. [0]

[0] https://store.bragi.com/

Yikes, that's embarrassing. Well that's definitely the first thing I'm going to redo lol.

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