From Common Lisp to KC3: A Programmer's Decade-Long Journey
2025-03-12
A seasoned programmer with 20 years of experience, after learning Common Lisp, deeply understood the limitations of garbage collection and the security issues of container technology. To pursue performance and portability, he abandoned all previous projects and dedicated himself to developing a new C dialect, KC3, and used it to rewrite previous projects such as the graph database. This article recounts his journey from Common Lisp to C, and the design philosophy and main features of the KC3 language, showcasing his in-depth thinking about programming languages and system design.
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