Current Events > Of course ffmpeg's source code would be C

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Fucking hate C.
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It's annoying for sure but it's the lingua franca so to speak so a whole lot of stuff is going to be written in it.

On the plus side, if your favorite language has an FFI, I guarantee it's compatible with C.
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Not sure if an FFI would help because I want a custom build of ffmpeg itself, not just a wrapper around it.
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Hm. In that case, I guess you'll have to put on the old rubber gloves.
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More like actually learn C since I've only ever used it a handful of times in school. >_>

Shouldn't be too bad, but having to worry about pointing to spots in memory and cleaning up resources is so fucking primitive. Really spoiled by the garbage collection in modern frameworks. Although I suppose managing your own resources is part of why ffmpeg is so freaking fast in the first place.
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It's more than just that though. C has a whole lot of stuff missing that you might take for granted.

Like the printf function, for example, is like... turbo super ultra stupid.
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FFFFFFF DevsBro what would your salary requirements be if you were to join a startup?
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Tell me about your pension plan first.
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No pension plan, but there are worthless stock options that might be worth something in the future! Moon shot of course.
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Also you have to be careful of how easy it is to have vulnerabilities in C code.
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DarkDragon400 posted...

Also you have to be careful of how easy it is to have vulnerabilities in C code.

Example?
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

DarkDragon400 posted...

Also you have to be careful of how easy it is to have vulnerabilities in C code.

Example?

Stuff like buffer overflows, integer overflows, heap overflows, and format string attacks.
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