Lib0xc: A set of C standard library-adjacent APIs for safer systems programming | Hacker News

Hacker News discussed lib0xc, a C stdlib-adjacent effort focused on making C safer without abandoning the language.

The thread compared safer C APIs with Zig, Odin, and Rust, especially around bounds safety, type safety, and compile-time checks.

Suggestions included better stack allocation, stricter format handling, traits/protocols, and reducing reliance on unsafe patterns like raw `void *` usage.

The debate centered on whether C can be meaningfully hardened through libraries and compiler support, or whether modern languages are the better long-term answer.