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euclaiseon Considering Sourcehut

I very much like Sourcehut's UI as a whole (i.e. their design philosophy or whatever), but yeah it is very inconsistent. Hopefully, as it matures, the UI will gain more consistency.

euclaiseon Show HN: C3 – A C alternative that looks like C

I've been thinking of "Xi" or something along those lines. You might also consider something mythological like Odin and Myrddin, or something cute like Hare.

euclaiseon Show HN: C3 – A C alternative that looks like C

I think we do need a language like this, and that Zig/Odin/Myrddin/etc have the issue of having a syntax too different from C (Zig being the least offending; Hare is okay but perhaps a bit too minimal). This is great. Are there plans for a package manager? What's the target stdlib size?

That said, I'm not a big fan of the naming. It irrationally feels kinda hard to justify using a language called "C3" (and I also irrationally like cute names and mascots like Hare has).

euclaiseon Viddy: A modern watch command. Time machine and pager etc.

Useful, installed.

I'm a bit annoyed at the trend of not having man pages though.

euclaiseon Will Hare replace C? Or Rust? Or Zig? Or anything else?

C can't be replaced by a language without pointers. If a language without pointers was attractive, a language other than C would already be used. C code is generally used with the intent to make use of pointers and such - we've had less pointy (and more abstract) alternatives forever for use cases that are suited to it.