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maybe reflect inwards a bit more
the fact that you had to have tribal knowledge about all of this is why C shouldn't stay for the long term and we should phase out languages into ones with stronger more correct defaults.
would a new programmer use "long long"? would they notice immediately that things didn't work if they didn't use it?
Rust got it correct by labeling the bits with the type directly
nobody forces people to use windows either, but yet a company having 60% of the global phone market is pretty comparable considering that's literally probably more phones than people actively using windows daily
if a developer sells a game they must then provide the code to build the game, then the person can distribute that code to everyone else, bypassing the need to pay for a game.
It literally makes the need for cracking unnecessary, which I agree with, but I'm not going to pretend like any game company is going to release their source code in the year 2023... intentionally
using game engine's builtins for the things you don't want to abstract yourself makes complete sense, keep the game to "game logic"
those C++ emulators have often been in development for 3-5x as long as a similar Rust one.
many of us will laugh at you as well, because you don't add anything to the conversation but pretend like you do
there's an economic bottom line where advertisers drive a lot of the need as well. users themselves aren't paying for the service.