elephant_talk

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   by elephant_talk 6y ago

   Great comparison, but I’m sad that D lost out in the popularity wars. Talk about a versatile workhorse that is appropriate for 90% of (non-GUI) tasks. D is a valid competitor of Rust, that just happens to smash Go in the process. All the er
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   by elephant_talk 6y ago

   Walled gardens aren’t the result of Ajax, no. They’re the result of insufficient or missing standards (or at least lack of standards enforcement). How many times do you encounter a website that doesn’t support your OAuth provider of choice?
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   by elephant_talk 6y ago

   You have a valid point about velocity being held back by standards. But you don’t do yourself any favors, IMHO, pointing to the modern web as an example. If anything, the modern web is the perfect cautionary tale. Walled gardens, app churn,