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When you can’t convince people it’s better, you need to force them to do it.
by grandempire 2y ago
When you can’t convince people it’s better, you need to force them to do it.
- wakawaka28 2y agoDid you forget a /s? It seems that if you can't convince a majority of programmers that your new language is good enough to learn, maybe it actually isn't as good as its proponents claim. It is likely the case that rewriting everything in a new language for marginally less bugs is a worse outcome than just dealing with the bugs.
- grandempire 2y agoI agree. I don’t think we need a government computer language force. Terry is a prophet.
- wakawaka28 2y agoMind you, the government has tried this before with Ada. Not to knock Ada but let's just say that government would ruin everything and stifle the industry. Certainly, any new regulations about anything as broad as how memory is allowed to be managed is going to strangle the software industry.
- StellarScience 2y agoAda was an impressive language for its day. But even with Ada, government never mandated its use generally - only for certain government projects, and waivers were available with justification. And as industry took the lead in language innovation, government removed its Ada requirement.