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by kodr 3857 days ago
I'd rather use a statically typed language, like C++11 to avoid surprises at runtime. I guess you could use TypeScript to circumvent this problem.
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pcwalton 3857 days ago
You'd rather use a language full of undefined behavior as opposed to one in which (practically) every behavior of a program is specified by ECMA-262? To "avoid surprises at runtime"?
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striking 3857 days ago
Surprises based on undefined behavior are usually not surprises at runtime, because of superior tooling. Either way, C is best because it has both of those things (tooling, defined behavior). It is possible to write very nice C.
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pcwalton 3856 days ago
> Surprises based on undefined behavior are usually not surprises at runtime, because of superior tooling.

Yes, they are. Empirically ([1], just to name one example).

> Either way, C is best because it has both of those things (tooling, defined behavior).

C has tons of undefined behavior.

[1]: https://lwn.net/Articles/342330/

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