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I thought I was building a C replacement. I was wrong

The C3 language creator reflects on how positioning C3 as a 'C replacement' was misguided, noting that modern developers don't view C as an application language the way older programmers do. He shares his personal journey through 80s/90s programming with BASIC, Pascal, and C, explaining how the role of C has fundamentally shifted in the decades since.

Background

C3 is a systems programming language that emerged from the C2 project, aiming to improve upon C while maintaining compatibility and low-level control.

Source
Lobsters
Published
Aug 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Score
6.0 / 10