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> This seems like a crazy conversation to be having in 2016. We're seriously considering what semantics to attach for illegal operations? How about doing what e
by overgard 11y ago
> This seems like a crazy conversation to be having in 2016. We're seriously considering what semantics to attach for illegal operations? How about doing what every other language of the last couple of decades does and just not allow them?
If every important program on your computer (The ones written in C -- OS, web browser, text editor, language interpreters, etc.) suddenly became twice as slow for "safety", assuming you never modify those programs on your own, you'd probably be a little bit cross right? You wouldn't really care that the language is safer, you'd just notice your top of the line computer is suddenly feeling pretty slow.
- pcwalton 11y ago> If every important program on your computer (The ones written in C -- OS, web browser, text editor, language interpreters, etc.) suddenly became twice as slow for "safety", assuming you never modify those programs on your own, you'd probably be a little bit cross right? Exactly. Read the comments on literally any thread about browsers on HN to understand why sacrificing that degree of performance is unacceptable.