DonFromWyoming

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   by DonFromWyoming 2y ago

   No. The headline is truthful. I subscribed to SA for 50+ years, saving old copies. About 15 years ago I got sick of the bias and threw out all the old issues. It ceased being science, instead it had become propaganda.
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   by DonFromWyoming 10y ago

   Steve - did you read the FAQ? They really don't know what direction to go. At least Swift stuck with ARC, being a necessity as they were tasked with merging Swift with the Objective-C runtime for interoperability. Rust's multip
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   by DonFromWyoming 10y ago

   Go is unsuitable as a replacement for C because it is garbage collected. End of discussion. Rust is unsuitable as a replacement for C because its memory management is poorly thought out (ie. its a joke). Here's the relevant paragraphs
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   by DonFromWyoming 10y ago

   For the simple case with a single iterator, yes the C-style for loop isn't as concise. However, there are lots of real-world situations where there is not a single iterator (e.g. looping through 2 arrays). Having to go back to '
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   by DonFromWyoming 10y ago

   The removal of prefix and postfix ++ and -- operators and the removal of C-style for loops are mistakes, IMO.
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   by DonFromWyoming 10y ago

   It's called socialism folks. Government ownership of the means of production. Full stop.