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Really? I take it to mean "fast and won't randomly segfault".
by hgomersall 5y ago
Really? I take it to mean "fast and won't randomly segfault".
- mhh__ 5y agoThat should really apply to any systems language other than C for a text editor. As long as you have bounds checking and a test suite you're golden.
- shakow 5y ago> As long as you have bounds checking and a test suite you're golden. And other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself
- mhh__ 5y agoI wouldn't recommend such a simple approach for something like a compiler, but for a text editor I don't think it's unreasonable. How many allocations can it actually need within any given subsystem which you can test individually?
- mburee 5y agoI can't remember the last time any C tool segfaulted on me
- lifty 5y agoWhich one is that?
- tekknik 5y agoSublime text is written in C, and before VSCode it was arguably the most popular editor on the planet.