Show HN: Rhubarb – C89 Libraries in Latin
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·November 29, 2025johndoe0815
So the Vatican no longer prescribes Latin as first official language (https://thecatholicherald.com/article/vatican-ends-routine-u...) but now we get Latin C libraries?
I definitely didn't expect to see such a project, but this is a refreshingly (positively) crazy thing in the age of AI slop...
water_badger
Well, it's still AI slop but it's fun to make!
I wouldn't necessarily recommend the latin part to everyone but I think writing your own standard libraries in C is a lot more accessible these days and owning your whole stack is very powerful.
Kind of inspired by Eskil Steenberg, he has a lot of good talks on writing your own C89 libraries.
Retr0id
What's going on in RELAX.md?
Considering all the supply chain dependencies lately I've been building a collection of C89 libraries to make zero dependency stuff. For fun I have also been programming it in latin! Still very much in progress.