The point is you can be lazy and write the app in html and js. Then you dont need to write c, even though c syntax is similar to js syntax and most gui apps wont require needing advanced c features if the gui framework is generous enough.

Now that everyone who cant be bothered, vibe codes, and electron apps are the overevangelized norm… People will probably not even worry about writing js and electron will be here to stay. The only way out is to evangelize something else.

Like how half the websites have giant in your face cookie banners and half have minimalist banners. The experience will still suck for the end user because the dev doesnt care and neither do the business leaders.

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david-gpu 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Syntax ain't the problem. The semantics of C and JS could not be more different.

	▲	righthand 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But the point isn’t that they’re more different than alike. The point is that learning c is not really that hard it’s just that corporations don’t want you building apps with a stack they don’t control. If a js dev really wanted to it wouldn’t be a huge uphill climb to code a c app because the syntax and concepts are similar enough.

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dminik 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What "advanced features" are there to speak of in C? What does the syntax of C being similar to JS matter?

This comment makes no sense.

	▲	righthand 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well theres the whole c89 vs c99. I’ll let you figure the rest out since it’s a puzzle in your perspective.

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michaelt 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Honestly C and JavaScript could hardly be more different, as languages.

About the only thing they share is curly braces.