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Yes, my point precisely. This is a long standing thing. With other programming languages, runtime library, compiler, and language changes actually are excitin
by JdeBP 3y ago
Yes, my point precisely. This is a long standing thing. With other programming languages, runtime library, compiler, and language changes actually are exciting. There's much discussion on Hacker News about GCC and Modula-2, or a distributed C++ compiler, for example. A language change that changes what happens when the allocator runs out of memory to allocate was a hugely interesting thing for C++. But in the very thing that you point to, no-one even remarks on it.
Maybe all Hacker News threads on Rust need a regular "Isn't there a programming language around here somewhere?" nudge. (-:
- notmypenguin 3y agoThat might be a reflection (no pun intended) of non-code reality being proportionally larger than the coding realities across our industry. Stuff that used to work semi ok with a handful of nerds becomes unwieldy when saddled with non tech mgmt types.