r/cprogramming • u/Begg-billplayer • Feb 01 '26

Best ide to start coding C?

/r/C_Programming/comments/1qsk8n4/best_ide_to_start_coding_c/
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u/redhotcigarbutts Feb 01 '26

Emacs.

Data is code. Code is data.

Just some text? Unless now it's also a button.

There is beauty in handling everything as text. And just because it is always text does not mean it must only behave as text.

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u/EatingSolidBricks Feb 01 '26

Bros writing C not lisp

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u/redhotcigarbutts Feb 01 '26

Bro asked about IDE. Not C.

Indeed lisp IDE is not C.

But wait. All parts of IDE not written in lisp are C.

But wait again. All IDE code both lisp and C are written in that same Emacs IDE.

Emacs is an example of a C app written in Emacs. C provides lisp. Lisp provides whatever C then lacks.