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Is someone who only wants to write JavaScript really going to be coaxed to write kernel drivers in any language? Yes there is a dominant JS crowd, but I don’t r
by bambataa 6y ago
Is someone who only wants to write JavaScript really going to be coaxed to write kernel drivers in any language? Yes there is a dominant JS crowd, but I don’t really see why they should affect what developers in other areas choose.
- anthk 6y agoThese people are delusional, they think they can do low level device driver thinkering with just JS... Eh, no. Not even close. Back in the day I wrote a personal patch for BTTV in order to support my video card with different tuner and radio settings. It was damn hard for a C newbie like me. For these people it would be a nightmare.
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoYeah, and now imagine if you didn’t have to worry about simple things like memory safety or overflow or null pointer checks or so many C problems that Rust fixes. The point of Rust is to enable newbies to write systems software.
- anthk 6y ago>That's what Go has been built for, but if you trust a newbie writting low level stuff, bad shit will happen either sooner or later.
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoSo the solution is what, exactly? To isolate people and gatekeep them from learning systems programming?
- anthk 6y agoYes? This is a meritocracy, if don't know how to do low level stuff, head to the College, or learn it properly.
- Ar-Curunir 6y agotech is not a meritocracy.
- anthk 6y agoIt is.