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> Always when I start a new project I wonder what programming language I should use. Most of the time the requirements are the same. It must be fast, typed and the result must presentable on a website. Especially I would like to keep it as simple as possible. C is usually my language of choice when the logic doesn't get too complicated.

Another vote why I should stick with C.

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'Typed' as in 'typed on a keyboard'?

More likely this kind of “typed”:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_and_weak_typing

Where “typed” here likely implies “strongly typed”.

I guess in this case it’s a homonym for both as C is sometimes a bit verbose :D

Exactly, I mean more "strongly typed". The opposite is JavaScript, which is weakly typed. When speed matters and every bit is important, it is a bad idea to write an emulator in a weakly typed language.

I have corrected the text.

C, although statically typed, is considered weakly typed as well.

"Strong" and "weak" are ambiguous terms for typing. OP is using it one way (static typing is "stronger" than dynamic typing; static typing is "strength"). I'm assuming a little bit here, but I think you're using it another way (allowing type casting is "weak"; type safety is "strength").

A more precise term would be statically typed. Types are checked at compile time. C has a fairly "weak" type system.

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>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_and_weak_typing

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