@fasterthanlime that whole thread is a classic HN thing of people who know nothing about either expressing opinions anyway. I do love the 'it's proven that rewrites don't help' [link to year 2k Joel Spolsky post].
OK that's the standard of proof now is it... christ
[P.S. to be clear, I do agree that [more] memory safe languages like rust are a better choice. Just dislike the level of god damn b.s. on that thread]
@fasterthanlime that whole thread is a classic HN thing of people who know nothing about either expressing opinions anyway. I do love the 'it's proven that rewrites don't help' [link to year 2k Joel Spolsky post].
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@fasterthanlime Ah, right, because "if only programmers programmed correctly, programs would be correct" has always worked in the past.
Goodness, HN is a website.