[whiterknight]

> C is horrible for exploratory programming

Completely disagree. The lack of screwing around selecting abstractions forces you to make something productive right away and not stress about refactor.

[theyinwhy]

Isn't "forced to make sth productive right away" the opposite of "exploratory programming"?

[GuestHNUser]

No, I think exploratory programming is exactly that. Solutions to a problem is the very thing to be explored.

[tored]

Who is stressing you to refactor when doing exploratory programming? Yourself? OOP languages? Society?