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From my knowledge, the ERC funds fundamental science. In my personal area (theoretical physics), people tend to move from Fortran to C++ nowadays. As an effect,
by ktpsns 9y ago
From my knowledge, the ERC funds fundamental science. In my personal area (theoretical physics), people tend to move from Fortran to C++ nowadays. As an effect, mostly readability decreases (without linear algebra libraries) or the compiler doesn't help anymore with compile-time bound checks (so people use run-time bound checks with assertions instead). Not even to mention the years of wasted time for people finding bugs in their parallel codes. And all codes with the "HPC" badge are parallel nowadays. I think supporting a modern ecosystem is a good decision if people move away from C++ towards Rust or Julia (another ERC... http://opendreamkit.org/ http://opendreamkit.org/).
(Note: Please don't feed the trolls. Nobody has time for language rants)
- sifoo 9y agoHow is questioning the choice of project to fund feeding trolls? I was under the impression that diversity was mostly considered a good thing, that has to go for perspectives as well. I just don't get why Rust desperately needs a lot more money than any other tool that's equally useful, they were already pretty well funded by other organizations.
- Blaisorblade0 9y agoThis is one research grant on Rust among tons of grants on other projects. And it funds research. When somebody has equally valid research project on C, rest assured it’ll be funded as well, as it has already happened (EDIT) with research on abstract interpretation, separation logic and so on.