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Welsh or C standard library function? (feddit.org)
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[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Unfortunately, it's the only sane cross-language ABI option there is.

C++ is a close second, which is mostly because C++ uses the C ABI wherever it can.

Even if the language itself is obsolete, it will live on for many more years just because of that.