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Knuth C Programming Language new logo
We are redesigning the logo for the Knuth **C** library. This is the sketch:
It was designed with the cover of the first C programming language book in mind.
The book was published in 1978 and authored by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. What you think? Please leave us comments with your opinion.
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Wow, Knuth's gone all out. Nice logo too, very old-school styled. Will it be easier to use it then?
Well, this is the C library. If you want a modern programming language you can use our other libraries: C++, C#, Python, Javascript, etc...
Why did you choose to implement a C library? Why even C++?..
Why C++? Because the node is written in C++17, and I think it is the language that best meets 2 characteristics that I consider very important: Good abstraction and close to the metal/performance capabilities. At the moment it is unbeatable in the combination of these 2 characteristics. Another reason is that I have been programming in C++ since 1997. Why C? Because it is the language that has the best intercommunication between languages. For example, to be able to create our C# library/wrapper in C we have to do it directly against the C library since modern versions of the .Net framework do not allow communication against C++. Other languages that do not allow to communicate with C++ is Go using its GGo API, we have to do it against the C library. So basically the C library can be used by pure C programmers (who don't like C++) but the main reason for creating it was to create other wrappers on top of it.
I like the reference. Nice.