@programming@programming.dev 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?!
it’s time to return to the roots, FORTRAN and LISP and COBOL – C is the new technology
Go to bed, you’re drunk.
Reject C, return to assembly. Structured programming is the true oppression our generation never talks about.
Reject assembly, return to machine code. Assembly is an inaccurate projection of what the machine truly does. Writing the binary by hand hardens us, and brings us closer to the computer. We better understand what our machine is doing when we calculate our jumps by hand.
Why are we looking for new technologies?
Why are we writing new software? There’s plenty already.
We are trying to make better but in most cases we always migrate to new stacks, new languages, UI.
That’s right. Let’s return to basics, to the first programming language we learn as developers: Pascal. Well at least I have, I assume everyone does too.
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Ah, a youngling.
My first programming language was Basic; my second, assembly; third, C. I didn’t get to new-fangled languages like Pascal until i was in college, long after I’d learned the only really useful fundamentals of programming and computer software.
Everything else is just gloss, convenience, and bloat.
Totally get where you’re coming from. Sometimes it feels like we’re constantly chasing the latest tech trends instead of mastering the core principles. C is definitely one of those solid roots that has built so much of what we use today. It’s good to remind ourselves that the fundamentals still matter and can even lead to more efficient, robust solutions.
Yep. I am not against of new languages and tech stacks.
I just bored from all these hype and propaganda around things that do not deserve it.