The C juggernaut illustrated (2012)

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  • zig

    General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.

  • > As far as I can tell, there isn't anyone on the face of the planet trying to build anything like C in order to replace it.

    To the best of my knowledge this is what Zig is trying to do.

    https://ziglang.org/

  • april

    The APL programming language (a subset thereof) compiling to Common Lisp.

  • I love J and APL, but April takes the cake for me[1]. APL in Lisp.

    I also prefer SPARK2014 instead of Rust if I am not going to use C. I've started learning Rust a few times. SPARK2014 is easier to get going for me, and it has been used to produce high-integrity software and real-world applications for over a decade, and more if you include Ada from which it sprang[2].

    [1] https://github.com/phantomics/april

    [2] https://www.adacore.com/about-spark

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