SE Radio 650: Robert Seacord on What's New in the C Programming Language

Robert Seacord, the Standardization Lead at
Woven by Toyota, the convenor of the C standards committee, and
author of The CERT C Coding Standard, Effective C, and Secure
Coding in C and C++, speaks with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about
What's New in the C Programming Language.


They start with a review of the history of C and why it has a
standard, and then they discuss what C23 brings and how
programmers can take advantage of it. They consider the sectors
in which C is most used and whether you should use C to start a
brand new project in 2025. Seacord discusses 8 new things that
C23 brings, use case examples, must haves, floating point
numbers, how automotive systems use C, why C is used there, Rust
vs C, compile time checks vs static analysis, all the various
safety standards they can use, why you should use the right tool
for the job and never trust user input no matter the
language. 


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