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So? My point was that if you don't care about safety, C/C++/ASM have good aspects too. I can write a program without a single pointer in C, and it will be fas

by linkdd 5y ago

So? My point was that if you don't care about safety, C/C++/ASM have good aspects too. I can write a program without a single pointer in C, and it will be fast, small, and portable. Java is used a lot in data science alongside Python. And Javascript also have bindings for Tensorflow and other libs. They are scripting languages able to call C code, by definition they are glue languages.

treesprite82 5y ago
> So? Wheelerof5te said Rust is becoming the "world's best *compiled, safe* language". You objected to this, but then only listed alternative languages which aren't in that group. You responded as if Wheelerof5te had claimed there was "an objectively best language period". > They are scripting languages able to call C code, by definition they are glue languages. If I say something like "world's best chef" then I mean the person who is best at being a chef. Not the world's best (most moral?) person who happens to also fulfill the definition of being a chef but may be pretty bad at cooking. I think the same was intended here for "best glue language" - best at being a glue language.