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Getting tired of C?

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, 03-19-2010 at 09:10 PM (1226 Views)
I have been coding in C for a while, and I'm starting to get tired of it. I used to think it was fun and challenging, but those fun and challenging things are getting repetitive now. Memory management is especially tiresome, and it can be a pain to debug if I get something wrong. Also, the standard library is small, so it doesn't give you much to work with. I used to like Python a lot, and I have recently been moving back to it. I appreciate it more the second time around, and it has a larger standard library that I never really learned before.

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  1. Ancient Dragon's Avatar
    Hi. I have been programming in C and C++ for over 25 years -- retired now and do very little programming. If you are getting bored with C then maybe its time for you to move on to other languages, such as c++, C#, Phthon, Java, etc.

    Yes, the standard C library is pretty small, but there are thousands of shareware and freeware libraries for you to use. Some of them will let you access the internet (such as curl) while others help you out writing GUI programs -- such as wxWindows.
  2. Auxcil's Avatar
    I definitely suggest learning Java or COBOL if you are getting bored, both are still powerful and extensively used.
  3. Guest's Avatar
    COBOL? Yuck!
  4. Ancient Dragon's Avatar
    Surprisingly COBOL is still alive and well in the business (banking) community, and its easy to learn. One of it's best features the report writer.