Why Use C? A Love-Hate Relationship

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Why Use C? A Love-Hate Relationship

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The perfect C programming paradox: wanting a Ferrari-fast language with zero guardrails while simultaneously fearing the inevitable segfault crash.

First panel: Our passionate C evangelist gives a technically flawless dissertation on C's unmatched performance, hardware control, and memory manipulation prowess. The anime-style "mad scientist" expression perfectly captures that maniacal devotion C veterans have when explaining pointer arithmetic to the uninitiated.

Second panel: Reality check! The same developer wants both race car speed AND buffer overflow protection—two things that are fundamentally at odds in C. It's like wanting to drive 200mph while complaining about the lack of seatbelts.

The "just don't segfault" advice is peak C programming culture—like telling someone "just don't crash" instead of installing airbags. The final broken expression is every C programmer after their 47th memory leak debugging session.

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