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C: Still the right tool for the job?

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Well, at least some jobs. And, sometimes, the right tool for a particular job is not the right tool for the job.
We hear these things all the time and still people insist on using C for some tasks. OK, these sentences are not entirely false. Most of the time (I don't know if it's 90%, 80% or slightly above 60%, I didn't count), it is preferable to use something else. But what about the minority of these cases?

The purpose of this article is to point to the cases where C really shines and is the best tool for the job. At first I'll enumerate some of the strengths of C, and then I'll give a case study which illustrates some of these points.
 read more | mail this link | score:6266 | -Ray, October 11, 2005
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