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@[email protected] It's time to return to the roots, to the C programming language.

Why am I writing this post? Not because I hope for something or believe in change. These are just words. I could write this at the end, but then you would be looking for answers for me while reading, and I don’t need them. They won’t change anything.
So here it is. I don’t claim to be a software development guru or a C language expert. I’m just a simple developer.

- Why are we looking for new technologies? Why do we want to be part of a community that is buzzing with new projects? Why do we think that this new programming language will definitely help us create something amazing and truly great and, of course, will make us rich and provide us with a comfortable old age?

- Why are we offered so many courses in so many programming languages and frameworks? Why do we teach what is required for companies that make money from us?

- Why are there a lot of conferences on banal simple things, such as *** framework or ### technology (so as not to offend anyone), and there, with a smart look, newly minted gurus tell us how important it is to be able to transfer the value to the client and how to use certain templates?

- Why do computers become more and more powerful, but programs continue to lag?

- Why, when applying for a job, do we look for a vacancy based on knowledge of a programming language, but find it only based on knowledge of certain frameworks? Is it really difficult for a professional programmer to learn a framework in a week?

- Why do we go into software development with the enthusiasm to create something great, but end up in a situation where we are developing some other catalog or some other digital yo-yo to make money?

Reason: because we want our passion for programming, our interest, to also bring us income.
Result: we do not earn this money for ourselves, but for companies whose main goal is to quickly receive income from the software they sell.

I look at how programming has changed over the course of 25 years, what they teach at universities, and where they start. And I came to the conclusion that on a large scale, it was all for the benefit of giant companies or the government.

We must protect the “intimate” knowledge of the foundations and water the roots ourselves. Because they don’t realize, they don’t see that if the roots are not watered, the branches on which they sit will dry out. Therefore, who, if not us?!

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

why do we need this fancy 'C' language, when we could just write everything in assembly?

by god, you've solved all of the world's problems! give this man a novel peace prize!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

why do we need this fancy 'C' language, when we could just write everything in assembly?

No, only pure machine code. Anything else is rude. If we're going to get help from computers, then the least we can do is speak their language

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Code is for losers. If it’s not plugboards and punchcards, you’re a noob.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Back in my day, we only had ones and zeros, and sometimes we ran out of ones!!! (From old song, https://youtu.be/p1fBd7UbQPA?t=60 )

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Binary deficit is a huge industry issue.

[–] jubilationtcornpone 4 points 1 month ago

If you're not spending half your day testing vacuum tubes one at a time, are you even a real engineer?