nickelpro

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   by nickelpro 6y ago

   A more common method of implementing this that avoids setjmp and longjmp is to code a little assembly to do the stack switch. This is typically faster and easier to port, see: https://probablydance.com/2013/02/20&#
2. 602.▲
   by nickelpro 7y ago

   I'd be willing to bet the majority of users aren't running anything closed source outside of a VM That smacks of anecdote, as a counter anecdote I run plenty of closed source stuff on Linux and have no complaints.
3. 603.▲
   by nickelpro 7y ago

   Perl 6, which failed so hard it's not called Perl anymore
4. 604.▲
   by nickelpro 7y ago

   But someone from 1870 could easily adapt to any time going back through the 17th century. I don't see how that's evidence of change slowing down, it's rapidly accelerating.
5. 605.▲
   by nickelpro 7y ago

   What a load of crap Without cache coherency and ILP, programming in any language would be insane. It's not like programming in x86_64 assembly suddenly opens a world of possibilities because its "truly low-level". You gain ve