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I also like C, for reasons you mention. I dislike many of the features of other more modern programming languages (even if they do have some advantages, many of the things they do are not as good in my opinion, so I prefer C programming).

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I’m really glad to hear that. It’s easy to feel alone in that view these days — but the more I talk to people who build things close to the metal, the more I realize we’re not as rare as it seems.

I remember trying Python once — it didn’t click. Then C++ — and when I hit memory management, I didn’t turn away… I got curious.

So I looked deeper — into C. And somehow… I stayed.

Thanks for sharing that.

I really don't like how they always try to do everything on the heap. Realizing how memory worked in Rust was a pretty major letdown given how it's sold.

I’ve heard similar thoughts from others who went into Rust expecting something radically freeing — and found themselves wrestling with the borrow checker and unexpected heap usage.

I still want to explore Rust at some point, but I think it’s important to hear real experiences like yours.

Sometimes the simplicity of C — for all its sharp edges — feels more honest.

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