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Re:My least favorite Rust type by anoncareer0212 on Monday September 21, 2020 @03:30PM (#24547458)
I neither know Jonathan Blow, nor understand why he must create a programming language to critique them - is he someone who works on programming languages as his day job, for some time, yet somehow has avoided enforcing his opinions on himself?
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Re:My least favorite Rust type by stusmall on Monday September 21, 2020 @03:39PM (#24547561)
It's more the issue that he has one that has worked on in private. He hasn't released a version publicly. Someone earlier in the thread was saying the fact that he has designed a language means he is worth listening to where the counter argument is does it really count if he's never released it and no one really uses it?
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Re:My least favorite Rust type by cyphar on Monday September 21, 2020 @03:35PM (#24547509)
He's a video game designer who announced a new programming language called "Jai" in 2014, and no compiler has yet been released for it (but he discusses new language features on his Twitch stream)[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Blow

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Re:My least favorite Rust type by the_hoser on Monday September 21, 2020 @03:34PM (#24547497)
He's a video game designer.
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