baranul

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by baranul 9mo ago
> Does anyone understand what the end objective of V is? The Vlang site makes it clear what their objectives are[1]. "Simple, fast, safe, compiled. For developing maintainable software." They also have a roadmap[2], showing wha
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by baranul 9mo ago
Not sure what you mean, because tinygo is significantly active[1]. [1] https://github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo (latest release was a month ago from this post)
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Good point. Many of these other languages claim to be "successors", but are really C++ alternatives, that can have very different programming philosophies, goals, and use cases.
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Think it's a good idea, whose time is way past due. Basically, a laptop without a monitor. However, think they need a version with a touchpad, so you don't need to plug in a mouse. Then it's much more portable.
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by baranul 10mo ago
But oddly enough, Zig is not a memory-safe language, and yet still heavily pushed on here. There are a number of measures, comparatively, that can be taken to make C safer too. The story on what can be done with C is still evolving, as Fil-
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A major part of this problem appears to be that there is no identifiable humans in the loop to bring complaints to. Many of Google's responses are automated and black box algorithms. When a Google response to a problem is outright bonk
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Companies want the money and continual engagement. People getting addicted to AI, as trusted advisor or friend, is money in their pockets. Just like having people addicted to gambling or alcohol, it's all big business. It's becomi
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Every project and programmer shouldn't feel they have to justify their choice not to use Rust (or Zig), who seem to be strangely and disproportionately pushed on Hacker News and specific other social media platforms. This includes the
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It definitely is possible, because languages like Vlang (for example), are able to use '.' instead of '::'. Always saw this as language creator preference, versus any inescapable technical reason.
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Appears to be a tactic, to cause confusion with releases coming from other programming languages, because otherwise this doesn't make too much sense for an actual user to do. For example, V (Vlang) went to 0.5.0 (December 31st) and C3
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The problem is, if you combine ability with possibility, then it is bound to happen.
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Mojo, Carbon, Bosque, Val, Gleam, Fika, and Vlang.
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Think it's more along the lines of Jon having the ability to create a language, and upon being dissatisfied with what he was using, decided to make his own. GitHub is littered with pet languages that people have made, and doubt their r
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by baranul 10mo ago
Wasn't Borgo[1] suppose to be the new child of Rust and Go too? Rue, is like the new replacement of Borgo, which hadn't been out for long. On top of that, the original child of Rust and Go, was called Vlang[2]. [1]: https:/&
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This "negative reputation" on here, looks to be something that was first artificially generated by competitors and then allowed to boil, along with those using the bubbling to promote themselves and their sites.
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The issue is that autofree is not a 100% solution by itself, in all circumstances. Thus it relies on the existing GC, in situations that it's not. The V developers have already hinted at using alternatives to the GC, for that remaining
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by baranul 10mo ago
Interesting, how various people don't feel you are entitled to your opinion about languages or the beauty of V, unless it is to "push" the negative.
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Autofree can be combined with other memory management methods, besides GC, and is something V developers have hinted at multiple times. Until autofree becomes the focus of the project, combining it with the already existing GC, looks to hav
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This is basically admitting to gross manipulation and even censorship by "we're optimizing for", "we try to elevate", and "we try to demote things", which looks to be based on personal or corporate biases
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In agreement, that this looks like a false dichotomy being presented to readers, C-derived versus Rust. First, Rust is usually considered or positioned as a C-family language, despite its ML connection. Second, in the context of C alternati
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by baranul 10mo ago
The context is that corporate entity A is usually no more "pure" than corporate entity B in another country. When at the end of the day, they're corporate entities that will do whatever in service of their profits, interests,
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"offering access to Congolese minerals in exchange for" While it's not clear if they will really get peace, it is clear they will be giving up a lot of things, to put lots of money into somebody else's pocket.
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As arguably the world's richest man. Musk is just having fun. The point is probably not the money, but just getting over on everyone for laughs.
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It's back up. Maybe the archive link helped divert some of the load.
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The amount of Zig and Rust stories that Hacker News helps push is mind-boggling, while stealth censoring and limiting the presenting of stories about other languages. Based on search for this site, one could be led to believe these two lang
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That might be true in the US, but it doesn't appear to be so for Tesla in the rest of the world. For example, Tesla is the number 1 selling EV in Norway. They have also opened Tesla dealerships in India. Potentially, whatever damage th
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Hacker News sneakily censors and manipulates what you see too, not just DDG. The abuse is inescapable form Big Tech and only getting worse. That's why the next level is trying to force showing IDs to more websites and acting like it&#x
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Often, the "are you a human" checks, are to force people to turn off privacy protections, so that they can clearly fingerprint their potential customers. When they sell your information or spy on you, they may want to make sure th
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by baranul 10mo ago
You don't have to go too far to see such similar censorship in action. It's not just "them over there". Hacker News conducts stealth censorship, shadow banning, and manipulations of all kinds to push artificial narrative
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by baranul 11mo ago
Many would say that the FOSS alternatives don't copy Office enough. Often, by going there own way with various tasks, they create a bigger jump. Case in point, the Linux distros that attract the most attention for common folk and not n

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