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Most of the world uses other languages because they’re easier, not because they’re safer.
by wat10000 11mo ago
Most of the world uses other languages because they’re easier, not because they’re safer.
- gpm 11mo agoThey're easier because, amongst other improvements, they are safer.
- wat10000 11mo agoSure, my point is the safety is not why they originally supplanted C and C++. It was seen largely as a tradeoff between ease of development and runtime performance. Memory safety as a goal of its own didn’t become prominent until much later.