codewardenh

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   by codewardenh 9y ago

   These types of platforms have one single function - to drive down the cost and quality of delivered software. I may end up inadvertently using a piece of software as a client of a company that cheaped out and purchased a deliverable from pl
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   by codewardenh 9y ago

   Many here will rush to trot out the usual "but, we should all be using { fashionable language of the day | Rust } instead of C". Maybe. Maybe not. But there is something of a sweet spot with C and after all these years it persists
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   by codewardenh 9y ago

   Honest answer - we don't. In markets, even with global corps using our platform English is the business Lingua Franca. The clients usually expect their users to work in English. Works for us.
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   by codewardenh 9y ago

   Working with these libraries and the ecosystem has been great. We tried Julia for a while but found it sorely lacking whereas python has such a great community and history and wealth of experience and wisdom to share.
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   by codewardenh 9y ago

   Edit: can't reply at this time so had to edit in place - it would be good to get some discussion if others disagree with my experience, downvoting silently and avoiding conversation is a shame. In time we will actually see that Goog