Re:Getting Past C
by jdmichal on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:44AM
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> ... making every building strong enough to withstand a nuclear war and calling anything less "unsafe".
Yes. Except the equivalent in software is using something like Coq, where your intention is proven to be correct. (You even mention provably correct software in the next paragraph...) And yes, it would be awesome if we could prove every program, because all we would be doing is proving that the programmer's intent is correctly coded into the software, which doesn't limit freedom of expression at all. (I would argue that such is actually an even stronger form of expression, as it's afterwards impossible to misconstrue your intent.)
> Given that there are attempts at even prohibiting Turing-completeness[1][2], I would not be surprised if that eventually happen...
Rust is not one of these, and no one but you seems to have this in mind. So it's a bit of a strawman to be throwing it out here, no? But yes, obviously such a language would limit your freedom of expression.
Yes. Except the equivalent in software is using something like Coq, where your intention is proven to be correct. (You even mention provably correct software in the next paragraph...) And yes, it would be awesome if we could prove every program, because all we would be doing is proving that the programmer's intent is correctly coded into the software, which doesn't limit freedom of expression at all. (I would argue that such is actually an even stronger form of expression, as it's afterwards impossible to misconstrue your intent.)
> Given that there are attempts at even prohibiting Turing-completeness[1][2], I would not be surprised if that eventually happen...
Rust is not one of these, and no one but you seems to have this in mind. So it's a bit of a strawman to be throwing it out here, no? But yes, obviously such a language would limit your freedom of expression.