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a little off topic. has anybody tried using C# as a nicer C ? I tried using D(betterC) a while ago but I hit some compiler bugs that was annoying. I also tried Zig but compilation times is not preferable. I don't want anything better than C I just want nicer C and without header files and compiler bugs.

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C# is a managed C++ (not to mix with the actuall one[1}), so why bother with C?

D better C mode is getting better with each version actually, even if there are some corners to fix.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Managed_Extensions_for_C%2B%2B

because it has all the pieces of the puzzle to turn into a C, like D that has a -betterC flag I hope that maybe they add something like that for C#.

I also hope you keep working on D(betterC) but for now I stick with C, generating C using bb(clojure) is also an option.

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