rust_is_dead

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1. 1.▲
   by rust_is_dead 2y ago

   They let you in, you take a shit on the floor and leave. Who is to blame? I don't blame this guy. It's the people who let the Barbarians in, because politics. Sometimes gates need to be kept.
2. 2.▲
   by rust_is_dead 4y ago

   With such expressivity, there is a risk in a big project of individuals conjuring wildly different mechanisms to express similar if not identical ideas, losing out on understandability and consistency. The solution is often a strong style g
3. 3.▲
   by rust_is_dead 4y ago

   Rust is "safe" and other languages are "unsafe". Haskell is "pure" while other language are "impure". Some macro systems are "hygienic" while others are "dirty". It is not an ac
4. 4.▲
   by rust_is_dead 4y ago

   I have a word in mind, but before that I would ask: what are some safety-critical systems written in Rust? If there are any, how big a role does Rust play in their safety properties? Is it much different from any other programming language
5. 5.▲
   by rust_is_dead 4y ago

   My advice would be to learn the language that your operating system is written in.