Re:C’s Biggest Mistake (2009)
by knaq on Saturday September 12, 2020 @11:10PM
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I definitely like the "lack of package manager, common build system". For me, having those is a negative for a language like rust.
You see, my OS already comes with those, and I expect to use them. I have the Debian package system: dpkg, apt, aptitude, and so on. It's a big mess when other software tries to steal that role. I have the traditional build systems and more: make, cmake, autoconf, scons, and so on. If I'm building a large project with multiple languages, I'm going to use one of those tools. If a language wants to fight me on that, I'm not interested in that language.
You see, my OS already comes with those, and I expect to use them. I have the Debian package system: dpkg, apt, aptitude, and so on. It's a big mess when other software tries to steal that role. I have the traditional build systems and more: make, cmake, autoconf, scons, and so on. If I'm building a large project with multiple languages, I'm going to use one of those tools. If a language wants to fight me on that, I'm not interested in that language.