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> stopped writing code in C decades ago. And what were they supposed to use in 2006? Free Pascal? Ada?
by nurettin 7mo ago
> stopped writing code in C decades ago.
And what were they supposed to use in 2006? Free Pascal? Ada?
- greenavocado 7mo agoSomeone suggested C++ and you should see the response from Linus https://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/linus https://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/linus
- nurettin 7mo agoOf course I specifically avoided invoking that language's name within the context of kernel programming in fear of summoning a Linus. And he's so right. I didn't think like that back then, but new/delete (which have to be overloaded for kernel) behind allocators behind containers, vtables, =0, uninitialized members, unhandled ctor errors, template magic, "sometimes rvo", compiler hints, "sometimes reinterpret cast", 3rd party libraries, it would have been a disaster 20 years ago. Now he's being nice to Rust partially to spite that lang I love some more.