You can't spell "open source" without C

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08/14/2009

You can't spell "open source" without C

The headline of this article should be, "C remains the dominant language in open source projects." Instead, the author chose to highlight that PHP and JavaScript are on the rise. But why?

The continued importance of C is not terribly surprising. After all, how would you create software like the Apache web server, or the Dovecot IMAP/POP server, in PHP or JavaScript? The almost apologetic tone of the article ("Gosh, sorry, we haven't dominated open source yet, but we're working on it") is not only unnecessary, but largely inappropriate.

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