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For example, Rust distinguishes between PartialEq and Eq https://is.gd/kRvoMm https://is.gd/kRvoMm you can't derive Eq (transitive equality) on f64 https://i

by iopq 10y ago

For example, Rust distinguishes between PartialEq and Eq https://is.gd/kRvoMm https://is.gd/kRvoMm you can't derive Eq (transitive equality) on f64 https://is.gd/FjTcA5 https://is.gd/FjTcA5 but you can derive PartialEq (intransitive equality)

Safety1stClyde 10y ago
Unfortunately I do not yet know very much about Rust, but I wasn't referring to the specifics, but to the point that every programming language seems to have quirks and hidden rules.
- iopq 10y ago
  So just use a programming language with less annoying quirks and hidden rules. Especially when those quirks are issues at compile time, not issues at 3 AM in production. "And I found a whole lot of references to req.randomThing and even some req.randomFunction() calls. I then proceeded to search back through every single middleware function which had run before, to figure out what exactly was going on." In a statically typed languages names are bound at compile time, so you can actually jump to the definition of each name using tooling. A JS tool can only make an educated guess.
  - Safety1stClyde 10y ago
    "I wasn't referring to the specifics, but to the point that every programming language seems to have quirks and hidden rules."
    - iopq 10y ago
      That's just an excuse to say "all programming languages are hard" Which is true, but ultimately useless
      - jononor 10y ago
        Not entirely useless. For low risk, use the language you know instead of new ones - they will have yet-to-be-learned gotchas.