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nicoburns on March 14, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Is SQLite Coded in C? (2017)

You can't do that with C code either unless your project is in C (or C++?).

jeffreyrogers on March 15, 2018 [–]

Sure, but for many embedded systems you have to use C. Plus C interoperates well with every other mainstream language. Every platform supports C, so by writing it in C you can support every platform (with very few caveats).

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