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I know C is the grandfather of so many modern languages today and Gen Z podcasters would be wont to do podcasts on languages like rust, python, javascript etc which are more fashionable. My suspicions got confirmed
when I asked Gemini for C podcasts and it gave me for C++, so am turning
to experts on these forum.
can anyone recommend C podcasts, newsletters that can help one to
understand the present C ecosystem and what is possible out there with
C? thanks
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W dniu 25.05.2026 o 05:43, David Ayodele pisze:

I know C is the grandfather of so many modern languages today and Gen Z podcasters would be wont to do podcasts on languages like rust, python, javascript etc which are more fashionable. My suspicions got confirmed
when I asked Gemini for C podcasts and it gave me for C++, so am turning
to experts on these forum.
can anyone recommend C podcasts, newsletters that can help one to
understand the present C ecosystem and what is possible out there with
C? thanks

Many claim this is the best "podcast" about C lang:

<https://www.amazon.pl/C-Programming-Language-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628>
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On Mon, 25 May 2026 04:43:39 +0100, David Ayodele wrote:

can anyone recommend C podcasts, newsletters that can help one to
understand the present C ecosystem and what is possible out there
with C?

Is there really that much to learn about C? (Well, there was the
legendary “Obfuscated C” contest, but I understand that’s defunct
now.)

Here’s one little titbit I like to keep bringing up: instead of
writing things like

length = sqrt(x * x + y * y)

why not use

length = hypot(x, y)

instead.
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On 2026-05-25 08:50, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

[...]

Here’s one little titbit I like to keep bringing up: instead of
writing things like

length = sqrt(x * x + y * y)

why not use

length = hypot(x, y)

instead.

Or, given the recent discussions about overflows, asking differently;
"why use it" - and the answer is (from the hypot() man page):

"The calculation is performed without undue overflow or underflow
during the intermediate steps of the calculation."

Nice. And good to know. - Thanks for the reminder.

Janis

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On 25/05/2026 05:43, David Ayodele wrote:

I know C is the grandfather of so many modern languages today and Gen Z podcasters would be wont to do podcasts on languages like rust, python, javascript etc which are more fashionable. My suspicions got confirmed
when I asked Gemini for C podcasts and it gave me for C++, so am turning
to experts on these forum.
can anyone recommend C podcasts, newsletters that can help one to
understand the present C ecosystem and what is possible out there with
C? thanks

C is a slower changing language than C++, and also a /much/ smaller
language, so there is naturally less need for such information about up-to-date C. I don't know about podcasts, but there are plenty of
blogs out there about newer C, or more specific uses of the language.
One that might interest you is Jens Gustedt's blog : <https://gustedt.wordpress.com/>. He is a member of the C standards
committee who is pushing for changes and modernisation in the language.

As with anything you find on the web, be aware that there are plenty of
blogs and web pages about C that are not entirely accurate. (Though I
think you can trust Gustedt.)

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In article <10v0rfh$14j1u$2@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence DOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Heres one little titbit I like to keep bringing up: instead of
writing things like

length = sqrt(x * x + y * y)

why not use

length = hypot(x, y)

instead.

Indeed. But I wish they'd gone one step farther and had a 3rd arg which is
the size of angle C (say, in radians). Then it would work for any
triangle, not just "right" ones. The formula then becomes:

hypot = sqrt(a**2 + b**2 - 2*a*b*cos(C))

Note that when C == pi/2 (aka, 90 degrees), then cos(C) is 0.

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On 5/25/26 11:22, David Brown wrote:

On 25/05/2026 05:43, David Ayodele wrote:

I know C is the grandfather of so many modern languages today and Gen
Z podcasters would be wont to do podcasts on languages like rust,
python, javascript etc which are more fashionable. My suspicions got
confirmed when I asked Gemini for C podcasts and it gave me for C++,
so am turning to experts on these forum.
can anyone recommend C podcasts, newsletters that can help one to
understand the present C ecosystem and what is possible out there with
C? thanks

C is a slower changing language than C++, and also a /much/ smaller language, so there is naturally less need for such information about up- to-date C.  I don't know about podcasts, but there are plenty of blogs
out there about newer C, or more specific uses of the language. One that might interest you is Jens Gustedt's blog : <https:// gustedt.wordpress.com/>.  He is a member of the C standards committee
who is pushing for changes and modernisation in the language.

As with anything you find on the web, be aware that there are plenty of blogs and web pages about C that are not entirely accurate.  (Though I think you can trust Gustedt.)

Jens wrote the Modern C book. I think his can be enough. thanks
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