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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Header files are libraries as well.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Coding on 8 and 16 bit home computers still required some skills that most vibe coders certainly lack.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Basically complete disregard for the history of programming languages and learnt lessons. Go fits well close to Oberon released in 1987, or Limbo in 1995, when exceptions and generics were still esoteric features. Instead they had to reach
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
And healthcare, public transport, vacations, sick leave, maternity and paternity leave, layoff notice, layoff package, .... Personally the salary isn't worth it.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Same here, some of your southern neighbours also have unions on IT, as a union in general covers specific industries, regardless of what job each person does in the building. As a tip for others as well, even without an union it helps to be
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Don't put assumptions in others heads. First of all, the only correct way to use package managers is with validated internal repos, don't vibe install, that goes for node, and goes for C++ as well. Second this thread was all about
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
I think C++ devs have to eventually update their knowledge how Java and .NET work when talking about reflection. Yes, originally they only supported runtime reflection. Nowadays they have compile time tooling as well, via plugins, annotatio
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Or VC++ if ever, which has the best modules support, but it is still trailing behind in C++23.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Basically nowadays they ship an interpreter in the box as well.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Me too, unfortunately the old guard sees no value in implementation before standardisation for each single feature. So it is as it is, plenty of software in C++ isn't going to be rewriten into something else. Maybe someone can do a Cla
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
A library that you install via vcpkg or conan. How many libraries do you read the source code after installing them with the package manager?
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
That isn't going anywhere official. It is no different from any other language that compiles via C or C++ code generation, it got sold a bit differently due to his former position at WG21.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
It has a direct impact on the amount of emails and slack messages I get to reply to.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Yes, Rust should not be used for everything, like any other language shouldn't, but some devs only see nails. Example Amazon uses Rust mostly for actual systems programming, writing hypervisors and cloud infrastructure low level servi
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
This is why you owe nothing to your employer, record revenue with management bonus, and layoffs for those that helped get there. Those extra hours? Only if the team really needs them. Naturally this tends to be something only seniors see, t
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Java 1.5 kind of thing, with plenty error handling boilerplate, errors as strings, and SCM urls straight in the code...
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
> The key point here is our programmers are Googlers, they’re not researchers. They’re typically, fairly young, fresh out of school, probably learned Java, maybe learned C or C++, probably learned Python. They’re not capable of understan
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
The only thing Go has going for it was getting lucky with Docker and co, and UNIX/Plan 9/Inferno pedigree. Now we're stuck with it in anything CNCF related.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Oh, they really don't dogfood Windows development any longer, regardless of the incentives. I have my WinRT 8, UAP 8.1, UWP 10, Project Reunion, .NET Native, C++/CX, C++/WinRT, XAML Islands, XAML Direct, WinUI 2.0, WinUi 3.0,
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Yes, and are in the position of maintaining their own forks if needed, or doing reviews when updating them. Is everyone else?
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Did really well, unfortunately. There is almost no dog fooding on Windows development since version 8, Typescript team rather rewrite the compiler in Go, Azure has plenty of Go, Rust and Java projects alongside .NET.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Java is funded by Oracle, all of it. People parrot to use OpenJDK without understanding it is mostly Oracle employees working on it. And if you dislike Oracle, the other minor contributors are Red-Hat, IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Alibaba, Azul,...
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Cool information, thanks for the links. I wasn't aware of those systems.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
I am not so sure about it, where are you modules code samples to prove your expertise? Some of my code is public, yours? Coming up on HN, talking down people, yeah right, what an expert that we have here.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Attack vectors and supply chain, every piece of the puzzle matters. There is no accident that folks like Oxide go through the trouble to control the whole stack, hardware, software, programming language toolchains they are using, only worki
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
COM OOP is good enough, by VB 6 it was already there. Also COM OOP is exactly what UWP and WinUI are all about. WinRT started as the reboot, what if .NET was actually what it was originally planned for, and not a Java clone based on J++. h
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
The biggest issue, is that the whole stack keeps being dependent on external nations, as per the companies that actually contribute to FOSS with big money. https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/project/korg/contribu
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
Chernobyl area is still no man's land, 40 years later.
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
I could see myself getting a 16 GB model, assuming they are made available at reasonable prices. Meaning OEMs, not the usual overpriced Google offers. This can also be the final blow for Microsoft to finally get their act together regarding
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by pjmlp 6mo ago
One nuclear accident is already one too many.

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