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Stack Overflow Podcast - Episode #02

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Is C an Obsolete Language?

I don't think C is an obsolete language because it's just an expression of assembler. I wouldn't say it's obsolete so much as it becomes increasingly narrow over time, right? As performance goes up so dramatically every year, there are still absolutely scenarios where you've got to be right in C. Parts of your car that you, and you don't have to know about them driving automatic. It's true. To really be a person who designed cars or was an expert at cars or was a mechanic and was just kind of a wizard at cars, you have to know that anatomical stuff. And even when you're using a higher-level language like C-sharp, when you

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