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Large parts of computer science are about languages. There is a lot of progress. (Research needs to be novel usually). Only that that progress arrives at main
by still_grokking 5y ago
Large parts of computer science are about languages.
There is a lot of progress. (Research needs to be novel usually).
Only that that progress arrives at mainstream usually 20+ years later, in very small batches. So it's not very visible when looking only on the practically relevant things.
- scns 5y agoVery much this. The idea for the borrow checker is from the 80s IIRC. Slowly approaching mainstream with Rust.