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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by jhatemyjob on Friday March 18, 2022 @08:51PM (#30729686)
Rust is an incredibly difficult language to be productive in and I don't think it will stand the test of time. C has been around for half a century and is a perfectly fine language to use today. Rust is popular because people these days are too risk averse, "unsafe" code is really not that bad.
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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by diego_moita on Friday March 18, 2022 @09:10PM (#30729836)
> people these days are too risk averse

And they should be. Software has become much bigger than it was "half a century" ago. We need to scale up on C.

> "unsafe" code is really not that bad.

Wow,... I only hope I never need to maintain your code.

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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by jonhohle on Friday March 18, 2022 @10:03PM (#30730187)
I read that as “code written in a non memory safe language”, since that’s the nomenclature that memory safe languages use when they need to execute code that can’t have the guarantees the language typically enforces (often when interfacing with things outside their ecosystem).
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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by unrealhoang on Friday March 18, 2022 @10:14PM (#30730262)
In a comparison with C? How the hell can you be productive with C without serious years of experience under your belt? A 3-month Rust learner can confidently contribute and deliver working code to a production system.
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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by benreesman on Friday March 18, 2022 @08:53PM (#30729707)
Not all heroes wear capes. :)
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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by jhatemyjob on Friday March 18, 2022 @11:10PM (#30730595)
I like how I had 6 upvotes, then the lemmings started regurgitating pro-Rust propaganda in the replies, and now I'm at 0.
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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by benreesman on Saturday March 19, 2022 @11:16AM (#30734428)
Your comment is fucking perfect, clearly exaggerated for effect, and while I sometimes fail, I personally try to rein in my friggin Aspergers enough to not get precious about shit like that.

You sir, are the apex predator of subtle HN trolling. (The guy with the collider thing above is hot on your heels).

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