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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by mixmastamyk on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @02:13PM (#18187486)
All the more reason to move to Rust/Golang/Python.
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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by sjroot on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @07:55PM (#18189975)
Right! I read that comment and was like “uhhhh what?” But not all engineering teams have the flexibility of moving to platforms that are not as battle-tested as Java/.NET.
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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by mixmastamyk on Thursday October 11, 2018 @03:56PM (#18196545)
Python is older than Java and now has optional type-checking. Golang is ten years old and runs at Google. Rust is on its way and a safe language by design. And there are other floss options.
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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by abledon on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @09:56PM (#18190520)
Government
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