Hacker News Reader

For any non-trival program (more than a couple of files/pages long), dynamic and weak typing are a no-go.

How strongly typed is C? Are non-trivial programs in C a no-go? Would a LISP program more than a couple of pages long be forbidden?

There are toolings that patch C's shortcomings, and there's a reason better typed languages (e.g. Rust) are making strides in C's domain.

TIOBE gives C 14.32% (1) against Rust 0.49% (29), so "strides" might be over-egging the pudding.

Historic vs future trends.

Which tools patch C's shortcomings?

Static analysis tools and subsets like MISRA C.

Do you have a good one in mind? All the open source tools I've tried are MISRAble

Nope, I haven't been working with C recently.