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Modern C language features:

- Why no sized text strings?

- Why is there no hash data type?

- Where's the linked list?

- Why no package management as part of ecosystem?

What is the modern rationale?

Caveats:

- I'm not implying any need for object-orientation (OOP)

- I'm fully aware I can write these myself and can access third party libraries that have each laboriously implemented their own versions.

- I'm interested in why these are not native C constructs in 2020. I appreciate why not in 1980.



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