> Needing to typedef a unique struct for every possible function return type isn't very ergonomic, but you can work around that with C23:

I think you’ve unraveled the mystery of why that didn’t catch on in nearly 40 years of C.

Honestly it’s got to be the biggest disappointment in computer science that nothing has displaced C as the Franca Lingua. And now with the advent of AI, I don’t think anyone is going to care anymore. Rust will be the future, but not because it’s ergonomic, but because it can prevent memory errors.