It's not what programming languages do, it's what they shepherd you to

Re:It's not what programming languages do, it's what they sh... by wffurr on Friday March 27, 2020 @10:29AM (#22703092)

Can't speak for parent, but in our case it's the only choice with zero-overhead abstractions and good cross platform support (Obj-C++, Android NDK, WebAssembly, Linux for tests). I wish Rust were there, but it's not.

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Re:It's not what programming languages do, it's what they sh... by DubiousPusher on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:56PM (#22744157)

Exactly. I remember having discussions with folks about using D for games like 10 years ago and it's never gotten there either.

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