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Re:When did software go off the rails? by shpongled on Thursday August 17, 2017 @03:22AM (#15034472)
I want to second Rust. I've been writing C for 5+ years and finally decided to give Rust a serious try... and I love it. I never ever thought I would say this, but I don't see myself going back to C (with minor exceptions)
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Re:When did software go off the rails? by flavio81 on Thursday August 17, 2017 @06:59PM (#15041853)
I recall being excited the first time i learnt C. But after i learnt other programming languages, the defects of C started to appear clearly before my eyes. C++ is even worse (in terms of things that look like hastily designed)

Rust is comparably more coherent and elegantly designed.

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Re:When did software go off the rails? by CrystalGamma on Thursday August 17, 2017 @04:50AM (#15034904)
That was pretty much my reaction too, as someone whose first programming language was C …
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