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programmers are people

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• Crito 13y ago
  Programmers are people, but how many python programmers run into double-free bugs? Language has a lot to do with what sort of issues programmers will have to tackle.
  • kbenson 13y ago
    At the same time, how many video players have been written in pure python? Assuming the number is non-zero, how many get any use? Using python as an example here makes little sense, since the constraints of the problem domain make it a particularly poor choice. Try choosing a language that doesn't suffer as much in performance (future Rust, maybe?).
    • Crito 13y ago
      Oh, I agree. I think that C was the right choice for FFmpeg, at least at the time, and I do not think that python would be the right choice for it today. I'm just making a point that language is relevant when discussing the type and frequency of errors that are surfacing in a project.