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		tomnj on April 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are you learning? There are plenty of reasons to still learn C even if better alternatives exist for most new projects. There’s so much important software out there in C (and C++), for example the Linux kernel.

tomnj on April 5, 2020 [–]

And C is still king in many domains, eg embedded development.

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