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There isn't a name for you, but what you're experiencing is strawman attacks Like the strawman argument where it creates a flawed argument to declare victory o
by __s 3y ago
There isn't a name for you, but what you're experiencing is strawman attacks
Like the strawman argument where it creates a flawed argument to declare victory over, the strawman attack picks out the most extreme case to declare victory over
You'll see this done on left/right political debates where instead of recognizing that most people can find agreeable common ground on 80% of issues, extreme advocates will pick out the opposing extreme advocates to vilify each others' groups
I think a lot of Rust programmers appreciate where C is the right tool, & a lot of C programmers can admit that memory errors are a pain in the ass
- carlmr 3y ago>I think a lot of Rust programmers appreciate where C is the right tool, & a lot of C programmers can admit that memory errors are a pain in the ass That's true, however IME C++ programmers are the most in denial. And yes, RAII has helped a lot. But still we see way too many memory errors coming from C++ code bases.
- avgcorrection 3y agoArguing isn’t a game of diplomacy and middle grounds.
- uecker 3y agoA a C programmer, I think Rust got memory correctness right. Unfortunately, I do not like the rest of the language ;-(