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Re:Metaclasses: Thoughts on generative C++ by _pmf_ on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:18AM (#14872562)
I have hopes that Jai will be at a very nice local optimum regarding performance and productivity, but I think just like in C++, safety is not a major design goal (you need to be unsafe if working with memory mapped structs).
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Re:Metaclasses: Thoughts on generative C++ by Rusky on Friday July 28, 2017 @10:49AM (#14874634)
> you need to be unsafe if working with memory mapped structs

Perhaps when defining their address and layout, or if they are a hardware structure that affects memory like a page table or TLB or a DMA controller, but beyond that, why? Or is that just the main use case you're describing?

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