A History of Erlang (2007)

Re:A History of Erlang (2007) by dnautics on Monday April 06, 2020 @08:54PM (#22799401)

what is this, 2009? If your language cares about it, Your code editor should automatically convert CRs and tabs as you type.

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Re:A History of Erlang (2007) by BubRoss on Monday April 06, 2020 @09:42PM (#22799642)

Every language in existence is able to deal with default windows files. Zig -intentionally- breaks on carriage returns and tabs. It went out of its way to not work.

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Re:A History of Erlang (2007) by dnautics on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @02:31AM (#22800826)

I think that's a wise choice. The zig ecosystem doesn't need people that get hung up on that.

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Re:A History of Erlang (2007) by BubRoss on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @08:47AM (#22802654)

Hung up on what? Working? Please explain why this problem that would take 30 minutes to correct makes sense to keep around?

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