[HN Gopher] Variable Length Arrays are problematic
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       Variable Length Arrays are problematic
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2021-07-05 04:41 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
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       | zzo38computer wrote:
       | I don't like VLA and don't use that feature of C. Due to its
       | slowness and difficulty in the compiler, and because it doesn't
       | seem useful compared with the other things in C, it is a feature
       | that I would think they should not have included (there are some
       | other such things too). There are good features added into C
       | though, many of which are GNU extensions. Some of the newer
       | things are also good, such as the proposal for a #embed command.
       | There are other things I also think should be added into C,
       | including "goto case", and more sophisticated preprocessor stuff.
       | However, some of the stuff I disagree with (including even one
       | thing from C from the first that I dislike, which is the
       | confusing syntax for types).
        
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