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What would you recommend that doesn’t have a GC? Zig? C? Rust is a fine choice. Besides if you really don’t care, just make the entire program unsafe and you’ll
by smabie 7y ago
What would you recommend that doesn’t have a GC? Zig? C? Rust is a fine choice. Besides if you really don’t care, just make the entire program unsafe and you’ll still reap benefits over C or C++.
- romaniitedomum 7y agoWhatever language and toolset gets the job done with the least amount of effort. Given the hoops that Discourse had to jump through to get Rust working, that wasn't a good technical decision. They'd have got the same result with less pain with C++.
- damnyou 7y agoThe costs of any long-lived service are dominated by ongoing maintenance, not the initial work.