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This reminded me of BBS'[1], which again reminded me of the older days where you sent letters and got one back a week or three later. I had programmed a lot in
by magicalhippo 1y ago
This reminded me of BBS'[1], which again reminded me of the older days where you sent letters and got one back a week or three later.
I had programmed a lot in Delphi before I started programming in C++, and the orders of magnitude slower build times caused me to program very differently.
I would re-read several times and reason much more about my code before issuing a build command. Whereas in Delphi, the almost instantaneous builds meant I used it almost like a spell checker.
Back in the BBS days you left a message and checked back in a day.
Perhaps its rose tinted glasses I've got on but I feel todays instantaneous communication isn't always for the better.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system
- da02 1y agoAny thoughts on using Rust, Go, or Zig?
- magicalhippo 1y agoBeen tempted to try Zig. Rust made my head hurt just looking at it. A bit incidental though, I was mainly romanticizing communicating more slowly and deliberately.